Fadnavis calls Congress a sinking ship amid merger speculation

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the Congress is a “sinking ship” and that he doesn’t think any Opposition party would want to board it. Fadnavis was responding to questions on speculation about the merger of Mamata Banerjee-led TMC and Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) with the Congress.

Opposition consolidation will mean the Bharatiya Janata Party



(BJP) will get more political space, he told reporters here. “Congress is a sinking ship, and no one ever sets foot on a sinking ship. But if anyone does, we have nothing to lose,” the CM stated.

Fadnavis said the BJP has adopted a wait-and-watch approach. “Even if Opposition parties step into the Congress, which is a sinking ship, we will get more political space,” he added.