Congress must pick leaders on calibre, potential: Arun Jaitley

Washington: Ahead of his US visit starting Monday, finance minister Arun Jaitley has said the Congress is unlikely to substantially expand unless it “selects its leaders based on calibre and potential”, and goes back to its original centrist position.

Mr Jaitley’s remarks, in his address via video conference to the Berkeley India Conference, came less than a month after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed students there.

Mr Jaitley said the Congress was now out of sync with the ground realities of India.