Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Sunday that stopping Rahul Gandhi from leading the Congress will only lead to the "extinction" of the grand old party. No such leader in Congress who can stand up to PM Modi with full mightVeteran Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, in his weekly column on the party mouthpiece 'Saamana', wrote that there is a lack of a leader in the Congress party who can stand firmly against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level. The Shiv Sena leader said that it is a good idea for a non-Gandhi to be the Congress president, but none of the aforementioned 23 have that capability. That Rahul Gandhi has to decide," wrote Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. Shiv Sena is currently a part of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition in Maharashtra, along with allies Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Source: dna August 30, 2020 12:22 UTC