Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia could have become chief minister with the party but has become a backbencher in the BJP.
Speaking to the Youth Wing workers of the party, Gandhi said, “He (Scindia) would have become the chief minister had he stayed with Congress but Scindia has become a backbencher in the BJP.”
The former Congress president said Scindia had the option to strengthen the organisation by working with Congress workers. “I told him – one day you will become the chief minister. But he chose another route,” Gandhi said.
Sources further informed that Gandhi further said, “Write it down, he will never become chief minister there. He will have to come back here for that.”
“Congress is like a sea. Here everyone following the ideology of the party are welcome. And those who do not follow the ideology of the party can leave anytime,” a source quoted Gandhi as saying on the question…