Rahul should join hands with Pawar to bring opposition parties together: Sena

The Shiv Sena on Thursday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should join hands with NCP chief Pawar to align all opposition parties together to take on the ruling BJP at the CentreGandhi attacks the Centre and its policies regularly but that is on Twitter an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said The Sena which shares power with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra further claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modis body language has changedHe knows the situation in the country has gone out of his hands Despite peoples anger the BJP and the government have confidence that they face no threat because of the weak and disjointed opposition it saidPawar on Tuesday hosted a meeting of leaders of eight opposition parties including the Trinamool Congress TMC the Samajwadi Party the Aam Aadmi Party the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Left at his residence in Delhi amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the BJP However leaders who took part in the discussions asserted it was a nonpolitical meeting of likeminded individuals by Rashtriya Manch that was floated by former finance minister and TMC vicepresident Yashwant Sinha along with othersAlso Read Poll strategist Prashant Kishor meets Sharad Pawar third time in a fortnightThe Sena editorial on Thursday said Rahul Gandhi should join hands with Pawar to align all opposition parties The tea party of opposition leaders should have been organised by Gandhi it opinedSharad Pawar can bring all opposition parties together But then there is a question of leadership If we expect the Congress to take the lead the party is itself without a national president the Sena said There is an outfit called the UPA United Progressive Allianceled by Congress but does the country have a strong and organised opposition This question is still pending it saidThe tea party of Rashtriya Manch at Sharad Pawars Delhi home showed the exact status of the opposition it said in sarcastic remarks The twoandahalfhour meeting yielded nothing despite being hyped by the media the Marathi daily saidThe meeting organisers said the government had no vision to solve several pressing issues being faced the country and Rashtriya Manch will provide that to the government Because of the meeting it came to light that there is an organisation called Rashtriya Manch founded by Yashwant Sinha it remarkedAll those who gathered at the meeting were the ones who prioritise discussion and debate over political action it claimed The editorial further said there should be deliberation first on whether the opposition should come together only on one criteria of opposing the BJP and ModiThe mountain of challenges faced by the country today is the legacy of the present government What does the alternate leadership think about these problems the Sena sought to know A strong opposition is the need of parliamentary democracy But such an opposition is nonexistent at the national level it said while noting that several regional parties have stood up against the BJP and defeated it in pollsThis 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