Four months forward of the essential Lok Sabha elections 2024, the opposition bloc INDIA right this moment held its fourth assembly and for the primary time, the leaders took up a reputation for the Prime Ministerial put up to problem Narendra Modi. During the assembly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal proposed that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ought to be the coordinator of the INDIA bloc and that he ought to be projected because the Prime Ministerial candidate as nicely. MDMK (Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) MP Vaiko additionally stated after the assembly that there was no opposition to that suggestion to make Kharge PM face.
However, Kharge himself downplayed the thought saying that the prime focus ought to be on profitable the polls. “First, all of us have to win, we should think about what needs to be done for victory. Who will be PM, this will be decided later. If there are fewer MPs, what is the point of talking about the PM? First, to increase our numbers, (by) coming together, we will try to bring the majority. First, we will try to win,” he stated.
Kharge, a former union minister, belongs to the Dalit group. During the assembly, each Kejriwal and Banerjee reportedly stated that projecting a Dalit CM face would profit the opposition bloc.
Kharge additionally stated, “Today the fourth meeting of INDIA alliance was held. Leaders of 28 parties participated in this meeting and presented their views before everyone. Everyone came together and talked about strengthening the alliance and raising issues related to the interests of the people. Everyone has decided to hold 8 to 10 meetings together in the coming time so that their message can be conveyed to the people.”
आज INDIA गठबंधन की चौथी बैठक हुई। इस बैठक में 28 दलों के नेता शामिल हुए और उन्होंने अपने विचारों को सबके सामने रखा।
सभी ने एकजुट होकर गठबंधन को मजबूत करने और लोगों के हित से जुड़े मुद्दों को उठाने पर बात की।
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Those who attended the assembly included Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav amongst different leaders.
