The Congress has virtually blamed the DMK for the drubbing in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Assembly elections. It wants to have another look at the strategy in the southern state and feels the party must not lose its vote bank due to the mistakes of its coalition partners.
“The results in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry were affected by the 2G scam and these states were lost to other parties,” the editorial in the latest issue of Congress Sandesh said.
In the same issue, a member of the editorial board of Congress Sandesh, Sarvjit Singh, said in the article “Congress fares well in Assembly elections 2011”: “The results in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry fell to public discontent on the 2G scam being faced by members of the DMK. A lot of good work done by the ruling party was lost in the public anger against the alleged huge loss to the exchequer being attributed to DMK minister.”
Mr Singh further said the UPA government at the Centre has allowed the law to take its own course and many important political figures associated with the DMK and others are currently interred. “The DMK-led government was defeated and replaced by a government of the AIADMK. The Congress has to have another look at their strategy in the southern state. It must not lose its vote bank due to the mistakes of its coalition partners. The Congress has to regain its old glory and be in a position to be in power by itself. A relook at this is necessary. We are confident that the Congress leadership is cued on this and thinking on these lines has already begun,” he said.
The Congress was part of the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu.
The editorial also noted the Congress has fared well in the Assembly polls by retaining power in Assam, returning to power in Kerala, besides trouncing the Left Front government in West Bengal with its alliance partner, the Trinamul Congress.
It also says that “the investigating agencies are looking into many high-profile cases of corruption that have attracted a great deal of public attention.
“The handling of these cases constitutes a litmus test and the agencies involved should act without fear or favour and bring to book all those who are guilty, irrespective of their position or status,” the editorial said.
Meanwhile, after tying itself in knots, the Congress on Friday tried to wriggle out of the controversy over four Union ministers going to the Delhi airport to meet Baba Ramdev, stating that the editorial in the party mouthpiece disapproving the move was “personal views” of its editor.