<p>Former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday pitched for “collective leadership” in Congress, a party in which senior leaders are upset because, they say, decision-making is vested with one faction.</p>.<p>“The bypolls are coming. The Congress can definitely win all the seats if we face the bypolls under a collective leadership,” Parameshwara said while speaking at an event to commemorate Indira Gandhi’s 102nd birth anniversary. He also repeatedly stressed that it was Indira Gandhi’s anti-poverty moves that allowed governments to dole out free rice.</p>.<p>This remark was seen as directed towards his bete noire Siddaramaiah, who launched the Anna Bhagya scheme when the party was in power.</p>
<p>Former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday pitched for “collective leadership” in Congress, a party in which senior leaders are upset because, they say, decision-making is vested with one faction.</p>.<p>“The bypolls are coming. The Congress can definitely win all the seats if we face the bypolls under a collective leadership,” Parameshwara said while speaking at an event to commemorate Indira Gandhi’s 102nd birth anniversary. He also repeatedly stressed that it was Indira Gandhi’s anti-poverty moves that allowed governments to dole out free rice.</p>.<p>This remark was seen as directed towards his bete noire Siddaramaiah, who launched the Anna Bhagya scheme when the party was in power.</p>
