The situation in Bihar is different from that in West Bengal, Kesri told journalists who wanted to know why was he reacting differently to the two party rebels. Explaining, he said Mamata Bannerjee had hoisted the party flag and therefore she had not gone out of the party fold.
The Congress President evaded all questions on whether he would nominate Sonia Gandhi, widow of former Congress president and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to the CWC and said it was entire up to her to take a decision as to how much role she was willing to play in the Congress.
There is already a standing offer to her to join the CWC. Kesri however welcomed her as a new active member of the party.