New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh
on Tuesday said that a divided Opposition has allowed Congress to
become a "big fish", which was now trying to "swallow"
regional parties including his party.
"Congress won in Maharashtra due to a divided opposition.
However, its vote share has gone down there. Till the
opposition parties remain divided, Congress, which has become
a big fish, will continue to swallow smaller parties. It is
trying to do the same with SP also," he told reporters here.
Asked to react to MNS chief Raj Thackeray's diktat to
MLAs to take oath in Marathi or face his party's wrath, the SP
general secretary said, "We respect all languages of the
country. But we will not tolerate any disrespect against
Hindi. Congress will have to reply to this as it used MNS to
divide the opposition during the recent Assembly Elections in
Maharashtra."
Referring to raids on former Jharkhand chief minister
Madhu Koda, Singh said Congress and RJD cannot be blamed for
Koda's actions.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 15:50