New Delhi: Congress is once again under BJP fire. And once again, ammunition for this all-out attack is provided by a party leader. P Chidambaram’s reality investigation on future India block Congress has left for the cover. Chidambaram said at a book launch in the national capital on Thursday, “The future (of India block) is not so bright. It shows in the seams that it is stuck …” Chidambaram said at a book launch in the national capital on Thursday.The BJP, as required, noted Chidambaram’s comments and exposed a terrible aggressive against the Congress. And why not? After all, the opposition’s India block is headed by the grand-old party and Mallikrajun Kharge is its president. Therefore, Chidambaram’s evaluation indicates the failure of the Congress leadership to effectively lead the opposition alliance. Also read: ‘New General’ for Congress? Shashi Tharoor praises for PM Modi’s policiesThe irony is that his comment comes at a time when the Congress was already struggling on the statements made by Shashi Tharoor in support of PM Modi’s policies during the India-Pakistan deadlock. Several BJP leaders cited Tharoor’s remarks, praising several government policies, including the decision of ceasefire, to slam and school to the leadership of the Congress.Yesterday, Congress leader Jeram Ramesh officially announced that Tharoor’s comment was his personal view. “When Mr. Tharoor speaks, this is his idea and it is not the party’s stand,” Jayer Ramesh said yesterday. Citing Congress sources, some reports had suggested that the party had expressed displeasure with Tharoor’s statements and the idea was that Thiruvananthapuram MP had crossed Laxman Rekha this time. However, Tharoor rejected these reports and called them “media construction without any evidence”.The statement of Chidambaram, who came in this background, once again put the party on the backfoot.Citing Chidambaram’s reality check, the BJP and its allies have been tireless in targeting the Congress and the India block, it has been “greed-powered coalition”, “Maha-tagabandan”, “opportunistic alliance”, “Kushati-dosti model”, “company of lotus”, “Ghadia”, “Ghadia”. Some also questioned the role of Congress leadership and claimed that the grand-old party disappears and has no future.India block, which was launched with great pomp, is actually gasping for breathing today and Chidambaram is present in his assessment to this extent. But to declare that a public platform definitely helps the BJP’s political rivals – the BJP in the matter.It will be interesting to see how the Congress reacts to this new challenge. Party leader Udit Raj, who slammed Tharoor to ‘become a spokesperson of BJP’, was a word of advice for Chidambaram. He said, “The party has given him a lot. He and his son are MP. Since the party is not in power, Chidambaram ji should go across the country and have a communication,” he said.Tharoor has been in the loggerheads with the party for some time, but Chidambaram’s comment may be as a surprise. Interestingly, last week when BJP National General Secretary Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal slammed the Congress minister Vijay Shah on the demand of sacking the sack for a controversial statement on Colonel Sophia Qureshi, he quoted both Tharoor and Chidambaram to prove their talk.The BJP general secretary said, “If people start resigning for statements, no one will be left in the Congress except P Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor. We should first demand Rahul Gandhi’s resignation,” said the BJP general secretary. The fact is that these two leaders have placed the Congress in the place of harassment, there may be a case of coincidence. Perhaps.
