Milind Deora: Comments are out of deep loyalty to party

May 22, 2014 12:21

Milind Deora tweets: "My comments are out of emotions of deep loyalty to the party, pain of our performance & a sincere desire to see us bounce back. Nothing more"

In the first open criticism from within the Congress after the party's crushing electoral defeat, former union minister Milind Deora said on Wednesday that Rahul Gandhi's advisers did not have their "ears to the ground' and those with "no electoral experience' were "calling the shots', but added that "the people who take the advice also have to bear responsibility'.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Deora, who lost from Mumbai South, said while "many factors' led to the party's defeat and Rahul's leadership alone could not be blamed, "it was not about one person's image but the people surrounding that person also'.

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