Congress on Wednesday was reluctant to name its prime minister if UPA is voted back to power in 2014, saying it would be decided by the elected MPs.
The Congress tied itself in knots when it faced queries about the party reaction to the tussle in NDA over who should be its PM candidate. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has demanded that NDA declare its candidate before the elections and that the person should have "secular" credentials. The twin conditions were a thinly veiled attack on Gujarat chief minister Narenrda Modi, and the statement has triggered a full blown war between the allies. Congress refused to be drawn into the debate, calling it the opposition combine's internal matter. But AICC spokesman Rashid Alvi went on to say that the debate in NDA was futile since UPA was set to be voted back to power as UPA-3. Asked if Manmohan Singh would be the PM in that case, Alvi pulled back. "This is a hypothetical question. In our system, elected MPs decide their leader who becomes the PM." It led to persistent questioning but Alvi refused to budge.
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