Road to 2024: Friendless and snubbed, why Congress has no ally shedding tears for it | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express

The silence of the other Opposition parties -- “like-minded parties”, as the Congress calls them – was curious even though the Congress's ties with friendly parties and allies are evidently under strain now.

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Last week, the Congress said its president Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha MP and former chief Rahul Gandhi had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before it in connection with a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.

While the party cried vendetta, there was no palpable outrage or condemnation from the other Opposition parties, barring an editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna penned by its leader Sanjay Raut.

The silence of the other Opposition parties — “like-minded parties”, as the Congress calls them – was curious even though the Congress’s ties with friendly parties and allies are evidently under strain now.

For instance, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) last week snubbed ally Congress by unilaterally announcing its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections – the Congress wanted the seat. Not only did the JMM deny the seat to the Congress but the party announced its nominee without informing its ally.

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