‘In Jammu, we made mistakes… In Haryana… there was factionalism… Now, everyone is on board on seats, names’: Congress Jharkhand in-charge

We person said that the Congress and JMM person reached an statement connected 70 seats, 41 to the JMM and 29 to the Congress. Of the remaining 11 seats, the RJD volition contention five-six and the CPI(ML) three-four. One spot each from the 11 volition beryllium added to the JMM and Congress now… So the Congress volition contention successful 30 seats and the JMM successful 42.

* The Congress had contested 31 seats past time. So you are contesting 1 spot little this time.

The JMM volition besides contention 1 spot less. Because the confederation partners past clip were the JMM, Congress and RJD. The CPI(ML) has joined our alliance… The JMM, Congress and RJD volition each contention 1 spot less.

* But the RJD is believed to beryllium unhappy.

Happy toh koi nahin hota hai seat-sharing mein (Seat-sharing leaves nary 1 happy). But ultimately, if we person to combat a contention together… everybody has to marque sacrifices and endure immoderate losses… We person to look astatine the larger representation and the larger goal, which is to decision the BJP.

* The RJD is demanding 12-13 seats, and is saying it whitethorn contention alone. So determination could beryllium affable fights?

That volition not beryllium bully for the alliance. Chief Minister Hemant Soren is talking to them. There is nary question of ego here… The RJD contested 7 seats past time… they should besides forgo 1 seat. Their winning percent past clip was 16%; of the 7 seats, they won lone one. The JMM had a winning ratio of 74% portion the Congress onslaught complaint was 55%. Their (RJD) winning complaint was little and if they instrumentality much seats and triumph less, it means we are giving them connected a platter to the different side. Is liye kam seats le kar, uspar zyada taakat laga lein aur behtar results laayen (That is why, instrumentality less seats and enactment successful your champion for amended results)… I americium definite they (the RJD) volition understand… They are omniscient capable to cognize that affable fights and each are ne'er beneficial. That volition payment lone the BJP.

* Is it a fixed that each your sitting MLAs volition beryllium repeated?

A bulk of the MLAs are bully people. There whitethorn beryllium anti-incumbency against MLAs but that is the lawsuit with each MLAs. Woh Chief Minister ko bhi hogi (the CM faces the same). It is the aforesaid against MLAs from the different broadside too… So I cannot accidental each the sitting MLAs volition beryllium renominated. In immoderate seats, we person enactment distant 2 oregon 3 names… Ultimately the CEC volition instrumentality the last presumption factoring successful survey reports, inputs received by the enactment etc.

* Will the confederation travel retired with a communal manifesto oregon communal agenda?

I person made his suggestion… (on) immoderate important guarantees, immoderate important promises, immoderate issues… connected which determination is simply a consensus. But we are yet to sermon that… Once seat-sharing is done, we tin get it done. In my view, determination should beryllium a communal docket for the confederation for campaigning.

* The JMM-Congress confederation is besides battling anti-incumbency. How are you countering that?

In Jharkhand, determination is pro-incumbency. Of the 5 years, Covid disrupted 2 years but inactive Jharkhand worked. The authorities provided assistance to its labourers wherever they were. Help was besides fixed to radical from extracurricular the authorities who were surviving successful Jharkhand. There were attempts to make governmental instability, attempts were made to interruption the government. This conjugation completed its term… All the promises made successful our manifestos were implemented. And we did more, Maiya Yojana for instance, indebtedness waiver is different scheme….

* But the information remains that nary little than erstwhile main curate Champai Soren near the JMM and joined the BJP.

That tin beryllium due to the fact that of a idiosyncratic reason. I americium told helium is not blessed there. When the BJP realised that the incarceration of Hemant Soren was not helping it, the ED and CBI cases excessively were neither helping it nor making a governmental impact, they thought of inducting Champai Soren on with leaders and workers. In that, they failed.

* What are the issues which the Congress and the confederation would highlight?

Unemployment is simply a pan-Indian occupation created by the BJP and Jharkhand is besides facing the brunt. The Sarna (religion) codification is different issue. The JMM-Congress authorities had passed a solution successful the Assembly calling for a abstracted Sarna dharma codification for tribals, but the Centre is sitting connected the resolution.

* What lessons has the Congress learnt from the Haryana and J&K canvass results?

In Jammu, we committed immoderate mistakes – internal, organisational. In Haryana also, determination were issues. We are cautious and alert now. There was factionalism there… Here, everyone is connected committee portion discussing seats and candidates. Of the 30 that we are contesting, 18 are our sitting seats, we mislaid astir half-a-dozen by tiny margins, and successful half-a-dozen seats, we request to enactment hard… We are doing each that, we person enactment successful spot a mechanism, assigned elder observers to astir each seat.