Congress' loss in Gujarat civic polls detrimental to democracy: Sanjay Raut

With the Congress getting a drubbing in the recent Gujarat municipal polls Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said the Congresss fall in this manner is not in the interest of democracy and the party will have to think about itTalking to reporters here Raut also alleged that the BJP used several tactics to remove the Congress from power in Puducherry and the misuse of power and money by people sitting in Delhi is not in the interest of the countryHe said such tactics are being used in Maharashtra too but the ruling Shiv Sena is standing firmly in the state along with Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA allies NCP and CongressPuducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy who led the Congress government resigned on Monday ahead of the confidence vote after his ministry was reduced to a minority following a spate of resignations of his party MLAs and a DMK legislator in recent daysIn Gujarat the BJP won 483 out of 576 seats in six municipal corporations where elections were held on Sunday while the main opposition Congress won only 55 seats and failed to even open its account in SuratThe Aam Aadmi Party AAP put up an impressive show by winning 27 seats all in Surat and emerged as the main opposition in the municipal corporation thereReacting to the results which were declared on Tuesday Raut said Surat is an important municipal corporation and the people have elected AAP as the principal opposition partythe Congress will have to think about it we all have to think about itHe welcomed the AAPs success in Surat But why people rejected a big party like the Congress in Gujarat or in other states the Congresss fall in this manner is not in the interest of democracy he saidThe Rajya Sabha member alleged that the BJP removed the Congress from power in Puducherry using several tacticsHe said such tactics are being used in Maharashtra too and were also deployed in Madhya Pradesh where the Congress lost power to the BJP in March last yearBut there is a big difference in Puducherry and Maharashtra The chief minister here is Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena is standing firmly with the two constituents of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi Raut saidAll parties should take lessons from the development in Puducherry the Rajya Sabha member saidHe said the alleged misuse of power and money by people sitting in Delhi is not in the countrys interestThere will be no democracy left in the country if there is no opposition And this country will not be there if there is no democracy left If there is no country left then a lsquoDesi East India companyrsquo will run the country Raut saidMeanwhile an editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana said some people are dreaming that Maharashtra is next after what happened in Puducherrythey should keep dreamingMaharashtras mind is firm and intentions are strong The game played in Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh will not work on the soil of Maharashtra the Marathi publication saidIt said the Congress was once strong in southern states and now it does not have even a small Union Territory like the Puducherry under its belt thereThe Congress is sharing power with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in Jharkhand but efforts are being made to destabilize the government there also it allegedsuch an atmosphere is detrimental to democracy The politics which is going on to attain only power keeping aside principles and ethics is worrying the Shiv Sena saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever