Congress must force a mini-poll in MP
Updated On: 16 March, 2020 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
While audacity and action have never been Congress' style, it has an opportunity to create a narrative that will be in its favour
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Security personnel seen at the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly ahead of the March 16 floor test, in Bhopal on Sunday. Pic/PTI
The political crisis in Madhya Pradesh offers the Congress an opportunity to take the fight to the Bharatiya Janata Party's camp. If Chief Minister Kamal Nath fails to save his government, as is likely, the grand old party should ask its MLAs to resign from the Assembly. This will compel the BJP to face by-elections in 114 out of the Assembly's 230 seats, and enable the Congress to portray that the 2018 mandate in its favour was stolen.
Audacity of action has never been the Congress's style, which is defined by caution and circumspection. The party must dig deep within to go on the offensive to stave the existential challenge it faces. It is likely that some Congress MLAs will balk at the idea of exchanging the four years they still have in the Assembly for the uncertainty of an election. Yet the Congress must get as many MLAs to quit as possible because the party, for a change, can craft a narrative to claim the high moral ground.
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