Sonia Gandhi took note of "Saamana" view on Assembly polls: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said Maharashtra Congress leaders may say that they do not read Sena mouthpiece Saamana but Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had taken note of its article which asked why her party could not defeat the incumbent governments in Assam and KeralaAn editorial in the Marathi publication also sought to know who was responsible for the lack of grassroot leadership in the Congress whose history dates back to the freedom struggleIt also said the Congress will have to function as a strong opposition party in futureThe Congress suffered a drubbing at the hands of the ruling BJP in Assam and the LDF in Kerala during the recently held Assembly polls in the two statesNotably Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole recently said he has stopped reading Saamana and the Shiv Sena should not comment on his party and its leadershipHowever the Marathi daily on Wednesday said Sonia Gandhi asked why the Congress could not defeat the incumbent governments in Assam and Kerala despite putting up a good fight The same question was asked through this column in SaamanaIf senior Congress leaders have read the editorial and put across the feedback from the grassroot level to Sonia Gandhi it is good said the Sena which shares power in Maharashtra with the NCP and CongressIt said TMC head Mamata Banerjee the chief minister of West Bengal and new CMs of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma and Puducherry N Rangawamy are all former Congress leadersThese three had to quit the Congress and then they emerged as strong leaders the editorial notedIt said Congress leader Rahul Gandhiwas putting up a lonely fight against the BJP and despite facing severe criticism he always puts forth his pointAmid the Covid19 pandemic Rahul Gandhi criticised the Centre on several points and also made suggestions After criticising him severely the government had taken decisions on the suggestions made by him the editorial claimedThe Sena said Rahul Gandhi is the Congress senapati commander and his attacks on the government are specific and to the point it addedThe editorial further said the Congress will have to function as a strong opposition party in futureIt claimed that there was anger among people against the central government on issues like unemployment economic crisis inflation and its handling of the Covid19 situationAt this time all main opposition parties will have to come down from Twitter branches to the political groundcoming on the ground doesnt mean inviting crowds at the time of the pandemic but to question the government every day and hold it accountable the Sena saidThe Congress should take the lead and Sonia Gandhi must want to give the same message She is still the Congress president and it is important to take note of her views it saidThe editorial also noted that the election of Congress president has been postponed for the third time due to the Covid19 pandemicEven though there may not be a fulltime president a party functions on the strength of its grassroot cadre it 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