The Congress, on Thursday, sought to steer clear of what it called wrong interpretation of Rahul Gandhi’s statement on party regaining power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of more than 40 years.
Party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi, told mediapersons in the capital, “It is a wrong interpretation to Rahul’s statement. What he said was more a conceptual and a philosophical expression and should be taken in a broader perspective and not in the context of state politics.”
Rahul Gandhi, who is currently touring Tamil Nadu had said that the party workers should dispel all doubts about the party returning to power and called on them to strengthen the base of the party by focusing their energies on local body polls and not be “pre-occupied” with parliamentary or Assembly polls.
Dismissing any talk of rift in the alliance with the DMK, Mr Dwivedi said the alliance would continue. This assumes significance in the light of many state leaders attempting to influence the high-command into severing the party’s ties with the DMK.