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BJP vice-president and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a dig at Rahul Gandhi , saying he was the first to jump out of a “sinking” Congress ship instead of trying to save it till the end.
Rahul Gandhi has apparently made up his mind to step down as Congress party president after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls debacle.
“You would not know today who president of Congress is.
We heard that when any ship is sinking, it’s the captain who stays on till the end to save. But, the captain is the one who jumped first from Congress’ ship,” he told reporters here.
Neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor BJP president Amit Shah or party activists were resting on their laurels after the party’s massive victory in Lok Sabha polls, he said.
Chouhan, who is BJP’s membership ‘pramukh’ (convener), said the party would soon launch its membership drive.
The opposition parties were in a bad state with the SP and BSP “splitting” in Uttar Pradesh and Gandhi “jumping the ship”, he claimed.
The BJP’s target was to form the government after the next Assembly elections in Telangana in 2023, Chouhan said.
