Congress MP Gurudas Kamat today alleged that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray jumped on the anti-toll levy bandwagon only after sensing that the state government was about to announce a revised policy on the contentious issue.
Congress had been raising the issue for a long time, Kamat claimed. "However, when he (Thackeray) sensed that the government would soon announce a new road toll policy, he took to the streets," Kamat said, talking to reporters here.
"It was an attempt to come to the centre-stage ahead of the polls."
On the Aam Admi Party, the senior Congress leader conceded that Congress's mismanagement helped the newbie party make inroads in Delhi.
"AAP is not a challenge for us. Yes, due to some mismanagement of our party the AAP could gain ground in Delhi. The Delhi unit of Congress did misjudge AAP, and could not gauge their strength," he said.
He dismissed the surveys by news-channels predicting a good showing by BJP in the polls.
"Our preparations are to win the elections. Victories and defeats happen. But we are confident that we will perform well. Our (Congress-NCP) government in the state has done a lot of work for the people," he said.
