Mani Shankar Aiyar敦促Rahul Gandhi下台担任INDIA集团领导人, 呼吁Mamata Banerjee担任该角色。 Mani Shankar Aiyar urged Rahul Gandhi to step down as leader of the INDIA bloc, calling for Mamata Banerjee to take the role.

2026年2月22日, 知名国会议员Mani Shankar Aiyar公开呼吁Rahul Gandhi辞去印度印地安人国际协会集团领导人的职务, 并建议西孟加拉邦首席部长Mamata Banerjee担任反对派联盟的领袖。 On February 22, 2026, prominent Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar publicly called on Rahul Gandhi to resign as head of the INDIA bloc and suggested that Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, take the helm of the opposition alliance. 据Aiyar说,像M.K.这样的地区领导人。 According to Aiyar, regional leaders like M.K. DMK的斯大林、SP的Akhilesh Yadav和RJD的Tejashwi Yadav应该有更大的影响力,因为Banerjee的作用对于集团的团结至关重要。 Stalin of the DMK, Akhilesh Yadav of the SP, and Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD should have more influence because Banerjee's role is essential to the bloc's unity. 虽然没有正式改变,但他的发言表明,国会内部在筹备全国选举的战略和领导方面出现越来越多的内部冲突。 Although no official changes have been made, his remarks reveal mounting internal conflicts within the Congress regarding strategy and leadership in the run-up to the national elections. 尽管TMC领导人重申他们致力于在2026年邦选举中击败印度人民党，但西孟加拉国大党否决了艾亚尔的言论，指出他缺乏积极参与。 While TMC leaders reiterated their commitment to defeating the BJP in the 2026 state elections, the West Bengal Congress rejected Aiyar's comments, pointing out his lack of active participation.