"Cong leadership issue after polls"

Expressing confidence that a non-BJP coalition would storm to power, the senior Cong leader said that the issue of leadership would be decided after the elections.

Expressing confidence that a non-BJP coalition would storm to power after the Lok Sabha polls, Senior Congress leader Kamalnath on Wednesday said the issue of leadership would be decided after the elections.

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"Sonia Gandhi is the president of Congress but the issue of leadership of non-BJP coalition would be decided by the constituents after the elections," he told reporters here.

Nath, who is seeking re-election from this high-profile Lok Sabha seat, alleged that the prospects of losing the seat had forced BJP to resort to "terror tactics to intimidate voters."

The Congress leader is facing a fierce electoral battle against BJP's Prahlad Patel, the Union Minister of State for Coal.