Vacuum to propel Rahul, says Samajwadi leader

New Delhi: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh yesterday added a twist to the BJP’s demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “BJP wants to create a vacuum at the helm of the country. Who will be the Prime Minister? … It could also be internal politics of the Congress as well where some Congressmen want to replace Manmohan Singh with Rahul Gandhi,” Mohan Singh said.

Samajwadi Party provides crucial outside support to the Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

The Congress party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi countered Mohan Singh’s allegations saying his party has made it clear that Manmohan Singh is its Prime Minister till 2014 when the next general elections are due.

There have been growing demand for the party chief Sonia’s Gandhi’s parliamentarian son Rahul Gandhi to take over as the new prime minister. The general consensus in the Congress party is to let Singh finish his term and project Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 general elections.