Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday mentioned the Congress should not relaxation on its laurels and make use of the momentum gained throughout Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in forging a coalition of events opposed to the BJP. The JD(U) chief asserted that such a formation should take form “at the earliest” (jaldi se jaldi) in order that the BJP, which has a brute majority in the Lok Sabha with greater than 300 seats, could possibly be bundled out for “less than 100” in the overall elections subsequent yr. “I would like to tell my friends in the Congress that the Yatra went very well. But they must not stop at that”, mentioned Kumar, turning in direction of former Union minister and senior Congress chief Salman Khurshid at a operate right here.
The event was an “All India Congress” organized by CPI(ML) Liberation, which helps the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ authorities in the state from outdoors, on the theme “save democracy, save constitution, drive out Fascism”.
Kumar insisted that his exit from the NDA final yr had introduced the curtains down on the BJP’s makes an attempt to develop its footprints in the state “but we need to achieve something similar on the national level”.
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Maintaining that he had no ambitions for himself, the longest serving CM, now 71 years previous, mentioned “if my advice is heeded, it will benefit the country” in addition to events dealing with the warmth of the BJP’s close to hegemonic standing.
The chief minister, who kept away from mentioning the BJP and its leaders by title in his trademark model, mentioned the Lok Sabha polls had been a chance for ‘in logon se mukti’ (liberation from these folks).
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He additionally expressed concern over rising communal tensions in the nation, the place “Hindus and Muslims had lived in peace despite the blood-soaked legacy of Partition”.
In an obvious dig on the RSS, the BJP’s mum or dad physique, he remarked “those who had played no role in the struggle for Independence are now trying to rewrite history”.
He additionally made an oblique reference to allegations of the Narendra Modi authorities’s makes an attempt to stamp out dissent by unleashing central investigating businesses in opposition to whistleblowers.
“Jo koi bhi kahta hai kuchh gadbad hai, uske saath kya hota hai (just look at what happens to those who point out anything that is wrong)”, mentioned the JD(U) supremo, whose willingness to play a “national role” has fuelled a lot speculations, although he himself has detested his cadre’s penchant for elevating “Nitish for PM” slogans.
Kumar additionally recalled his visits to Delhi shortly after becoming a member of ‘Mahagathbandhan’ when he met political leaders as diversified as Rahul Gandhi, CPI(M) secretary normal Sitaram Yechury and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
Besides Kumar and Khurshid, those that spoke on the operate included Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, who belongs to RJD, and CPI(ML) Liberation’s secretary normal Dipankar.
