Mumbai: As a part of ongoing efforts to bolster the Opposition unity forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, All India Congress Committee basic secretary KC Venugopal met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Monday. During their assembly, the 2 leaders agreed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had been sabotaging the democracy within the nation and there was a necessity for all opposition events to struggle unitedly towards this dictatorship.
Venugopal arrived within the metropolis within the night and met the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray for greater than half an hour, after which each leaders addressed a press convention. “We have witnessed how democracy has been sabotaged by PM Modi and Amit Shah. All the opposition parties have a general consensus to fight together against the dictatorship of PM Modi. The Congress is in full solidarity with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT). We are all in agreement that we have to fight these forces (BJP) together,” he mentioned.
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During the earlier Parliamentary session, all Opposition events had been assembly for a standard technique below the management of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Venugopal mentioned. “It was the government side that was disrupting proceedings in Parliament. We only sought a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe on the Adani issue. They (BJP) did not want this, hence, resorted to disturbing proceedings,” he mentioned.
Venugopal additionally said that the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate had been focusing on opposition events, particularly the Shiv Sena (UBT). The Congress chief mentioned that there was a sense amongst all opposition events for a broader unity, which is why Kharge and Rahul Gandhi met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav in addition to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
“There are some differences among political parties. They have their own ideologies but the country is facing a bigger issue. This type of atmosphere (under the Modi government) has never been witnessed before,” Venugopal claimed.
Speaking on his dialogue with Thackeray, the Congress chief mentioned it was a fruitful one the place lots of points had been deliberated upon. “Hum saath hain (we are together) is the message we want to give,” he added. “I’ve requested Uddhavji to come back to Delhi to satisfy Soniaji. Then Rahul Gandhi may even positively go to Mumbai,” he mentioned in response to a media question.
Speaking on the press convention, Thackeray, with out naming PM Modi, used phrases like “man-eater” and “power-hungry” for the present dispensation on the Centre. “I don’t think it is wrong to use such terminology against them (BJP-led Union government). Only one person is considered important. The Shiv Sena is in the arena with all its strength,” the previous Maharashtra chief minister mentioned.
“We were with them (BJP) for 25 years but they have forgotten this friendship. We (Shiv Sena) are a party that lives up to friendship. We treat it like a relation,” he mentioned. On BJP nationwide president JP Nadda’s latest feedback in Mumbai that there will not be some other get together left within the nation, Thackeray mentioned, “He may have said it unintentionally but it is something we have to oppose. The Sena will fight for democracy.”
Thackeray mentioned that his get together had spoken to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, including that the (Lok Sabha) elections aren’t even a yr away. The Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party make up the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which was in energy in Maharashtra until June final yr.
A rebel by Eknath Shinde led to a cut up within the Sena. Shinde went on to change into chief minister with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
