NEW DELHI, 30 Dec: Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday said that Rahul Gandhi will be the opposition’s prime minister candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In an email interview with PTI, Nath lauded Gandhi for leading the Congress’ countrywide Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying that he is not doing politics for power but for the common people of the country.
“As far as the 2024 Lok Sabha election is concerned, Rahul Gandhi will not just be the face of the opposition but will be its prime ministerial candidate too,” he said.
Nath also said that no one in the history of the world has undertaken such a long “padayatra.” No family other than the Gandhi family has given so many sacrifices for the country, the Congress leader said.
“Rahul Gandhi does not do politics for power, but for the people of the country who make anyone sit in power,” he said.
Nath is the lone leader to have come forward in favour of Rahul Gandhi’s candidature for the 2024 polls.
The 76-year-old Congress chief of Madhya Pradesh also said there is no place for “traitors” in the party after they betrayed the organisation.
Asked if there is any chance of Jyotiraditya Scindia’s return to the party in the future, Nath said, “I would not comment on any individual, but those traitors who betrayed the party and broke the trust of its workers, there is no place for them in the organisation.” (PTI)
