Q& A

As Maharashtra gears up

for the Assembly polls scheduled for November this year, chief minister

Prithviraj Chavan tells Prasad Patil that the Congress has learnt its lesson from the Lok Sabha polls and that the party will fight Maharashtra elections through effective marketing

campaign. Refuting Sanjaya Baru’s criticism, Mr Chavan says that former Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh’s credibility was the winning factor in 2009 and Rahul Gandhi did not step up to take responsibility.

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