Rahul Gandhi could be prime minister but there’s a condition: Tejashwi

Tejashwi Yadav, seen as the political heir of Bihar leader Lalu Yadav, today made another deft tweak on the question of the united opposition’s Prime Ministerial candidate. Rahul Gandhi, he said, was qualified, but there was a tough condition.

The united opposition, a patchwork of parties with disparate ideologies, is yet to take off despite multiple meetings. One of the deal-breakers is the question of projecting a single candidate for the top post – a matter BJP chief Amit Shah had capitalized on with his “six Prime Ministers in Six days” comment. You have all the qualifications to be the next PM, abut onus also lies in you and the Congress party to take along all the other parties,” Tejashwi Yadav said, sharing stage with Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders and Chief Ministers, including Kamal Nath, Bhupesh Baghel, Ashok Gehlot and Bihar leaders Jitan Ram Manjhi, Sharad Yadav, among others