Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 16 -- Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday suggested that DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin as the "best man to consolidate" the INDIA bloc, while emphasising that a united national opposition requires strong leadership and strategic coordination.

Aiyar reasoned that Stalin focuses on raising substantive issues rather than sloganeering and would not stand in the way of Rahul Gandhi becoming Prime Minister.

Speaking to ANI, Aiyar, who served as the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA-I) government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "What Stalin has done over the past one year is to raise every single point that is relevant to ...