I-N-D-I-A bloc doesn't need CMP but must present vision for country: Kapil Sibal

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday expressed confidence that the cracks in the INDIA bloc would not breach the alliance and asserted that the opposition coalition needs a new vision for the future of the country rather than a common minimum programme reported neews agency PTIKapil Sibal who is a prominent voice in the opposition and had attended the meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIA in Mumbai last month alleged that the Adani issue is a scandal but the opposition does not have the data to prove itI dont know how far that Adani issue will gel with the people But the fact of the matter is that as an alliance we need to look at larger issues that will give hope to the generations of tomorrow he said in his second episode of his YouTube initiative Dil SeAsked about cracks in the opposition alliance including Congress leaders in Delhi and Punjab urging the partys leadership to not have a tieup with the Arvind Kejriwalled Aam Aadmi Party Kapil Sibal said We must look at it from two different perspectives one is how is the INDIA alliance is going to face the NDA the other is the internal politics of the INDIA alliance which is another thing altogetherThis dialogue between opposition parties is happening at two levels and because there is some opposition at the other level you think the INDIA alliance is not going to work but the fact of the matter is that when it comes to the Lok Sabha elections you will see the kind of unity you have not seen before despite the fact of what you are saying that there are cracks in the alliance the former Union minister saidKapil Sibal said he does see the cracks in the opposition bloc but does not see them breaching the alliance because they are with reference to politics that is happening in various statesHe said alliances at the state level would not be an issue and even in states such as Punjab the fight if at all would be between AAP and the Congress with the victor being part of the INDIA allianceSimilarly in Haryana so there is no problem other than maybe Delhieven in West Bengal the Congress is not the main player in that state he saidOn the leadership question of the INDIA bloc Kapil Sibal said the strategy of the opposition will evolve in the next few months whether they are going to project a leader or notHistory has shown us that even if you dont project a leader as long as you raise real issues of the people it is fine he saidKapil Sibal said his criticism of the INDIA alliance was not at that level but that they have not lineated a vision for IndiaThe battle is the battle of issues which at the moment the INDIA alliance is not projecting what are the issues that confront the nation tomorrow the former Congress leader saidWe should not commit ourselves to the narrative of the past We need a narrative for the future It should not be personalityoriented it should not take inspiration from the past so much We need a new vision for India I dont think we need a common minimum programme we are talking about it My personal view is that we dont need a common minimum programme we need a vision for tomorrow he saidKapil Sibal also said that in his personal opinion attacking PM Modi on a personal level is not going to take us very far but attacking him for what he has not been able to do during his tenure as Prime Minister should be doneKapil Sibal also said seat sharing would be a problem for the opposition alliance and the key was the new vision which they had not concentrated onThe Rajya Sabha MP last month started his new Dil Se initiative under which he engages fortnightly in a conversation with a journalist on important issuesKapil Sibal who was a Union minister during UPA I and II quit the Congress in May last year and was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent member with the Samajwadi Partys supportHe has floated a nonelectoral platform Insaaf aimed at fighting injusticeWith inputs from PTI