Days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) pitched Rahul Gandhi as a Prime Ministerial candidate, the party has shown its willingness to accept any non-RSS backed candidate from the Opposition as PM in 2019.The Congress, which is stitching up alliances with various political parties in states, would accept a non RSS backed Prime Ministerial candidate. A Congress functionary said, “Congress would be willing to accept any candidate from an Opposition party. We are comfortable seeing any Prime Minister other than an RSS backed one.” On whether Congress President Rahul Gandhi would step aside for a woman candidate from a possible Opposition alliance, the sources said he would be happy seeing “an Opposition party candidate”.The party’s willingness came on a day BSP supremo Mayawati gave a tough message in Lucknow. She indicated to Congress that her party would be a part of an alliance only if the seat share was respectable. She said, "The BSP wants to tell Congress leaders giving reactions about an alliance with BSP in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, that the same condition applies to Congress as well". This follows reports of Congress being hopeful of a tie-up with BSP in Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh but reluctant in Rajasthan before the November Assembly elections.According to sources, the Congress leadership is of the view that the BJP will be decimated without any "anger and disrespect". The BJP will not get enough seats to win the next general polls as parties like the TDP, the Shiv Sena are not happy with the saffron party, sources said.Sources close to Gandhi said, “For Narendra Modi to be the prime minister again, he has to get seats in the range of 280 and that is not going to happen… If grand alliances in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar work out fine, then it will be difficult for Modi. We are in the process of working out alliances and we would succeed.” While Uttar Pradesh has 80 Lok Sabha seats, Bihar has 40 and the two together comprise over 22 per cent of the total strength of Lok Sabha members of 543.