Sharad Pawar said there are no consequences if a Prime Minister's face is not projected (File/ANI)
Pune:
With opposition bloc INDIA yet to announce its prime ministerial face for the upcoming general elections, Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar said there will be no consequences if a prime ministerial face is not projected as voters will accept the call for change if they get into trouble. the mood.
Even in the 1977 Lok Sabha polls (post-Emergency), no one was projected as the face of the Prime Minister, Sharad Pawar said, replying to a question about the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance not having a Prime Minister face.
“In the 1977 elections, no face was projected on the Prime Minister and after the elections, Moraraji Desai was elected to the post. His name was nowhere before the election and in fact a new party was created. After the elections, Mr Desai became Prime Minister. There are no consequences if no face is projected. If people are in the mood for change, they will heed the call to bring about that change,” the former Union minister said.
Morarji Desai, the country's first non-Congress Prime Minister, remained in office for 856 days. From 1977 to 1979, he was the fifth Prime Minister in the post-Emergency government led by the Janata Party.
Asked about a survey giving the Maha Vikas Aghadi an edge over the ruling alliance in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Mr Pawar said surveys are only indications and one should not draw premature conclusions based on such exercises.
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