DK Shivakumar cites BJP's own history to argue why Scindia's exit won't 'destroy' Congress

Speaking about political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said that leaders may come and leaders may go but that won't make any difference to party. He exuded confidence and said that party will make a comeback and internal issues among members will be resolved.

'y don't want to lose ir membership'

"Congress is an organisation one can destroy. We have our own history. Leaders may come, leaders may go. That does t make any difference. We are an ideology. When I joined politics, BJP had only two people in Parliament, Advani Ji and Vajpayee Ji. w y have a big number. So we have confidence that we will come back. All MLAs (Madhya Pradesh) who are here don't want to lose ir membership. I am sure legislators will understand, go back and save government," he said while speaking to news ncy ANI. 

'We are t sleeping'

Thirteen of 22 rebel MLAs in Madhya Pradesh have given an assurance that "y are t leaving Congress", senior party leader Digvijaya Singh said, while expressing confidence that Kamal Nath-led government in state will win a floor test. "We are t keeping quiet. We are t sleeping," Singh told PTI. 

Singh furr said that 22 Cong MLAs went to Bengaluru to pressure leadership to minate Scindia for Rajya Sabha, but with intention to quit Congress or join BJP. He furr said that party did t anticipate Scindia's exit, which was engineered after Shivraj Singh Chouhan failed to topple Congress government in state. He also alleged that rebel MLAs were offered huge sums of money to resign from Congress.

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In a massive setback for Congress, Jyotiraditya Scindia quit Congress, and 22 MLAs loyal to him resigned in Madhya Pradesh, pushing 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to brink of collapse. surprise development on Tuesday morning came soon after Jyotiraditya Scindia's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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(With ncy inputs)