Opposition doing arithmetic, no policy: Yogendra Yadav

“The opportunity has come from the farmers’ movement, which was not led by any Opposition party,” Yadav said.

“The Opposition, meant to provide an alternative, I see them doing arithmetic a lot. There is no policy, no perspective, no person you can look up to,” he added.

Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi, who shared the dais with Yadav, said it would be unfair to run down Opposition parties and coalitions. Identifying the agenda for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Chaturvedi agreed that youth, rural distress and women’s rights will be at the forefront.

Asked about AAP, Yadav said: “Yes, it was an experiment that failed. The one thing that it achieved was to get youth interested in politics in a way they were not before. It opened the possibility that establishments can be challenged but it did not succeed in convincing us that having challenged them, an alternative can be built.”