Though it was Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s 70th birthday, what transpired from the stage of DMK in Chennai might give a sigh of reduction to the Congress and a few sleepless nights to the BJP. The event was marked not solely by a present of power by the important thing opposition leaders but additionally by their intentions to tackle the BJP unitedly. Be it Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav or National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, all appeared on the identical web page to regulate the saffron surge.Â
Jammu Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah stated there are possibilities for the DMK high chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin to develop into the Prime Minister if Opposition events come collectively and win the final election subsequent yr. Abdullah stated Congress ought to overlook concerning the Prime Minister’s alternative and focus shall be solely on successful the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
What is extra attention-grabbing is that the Congress which was earlier adamant on its stand to make Rahul Gandhi because the PM candidate, took a step again and stated that it isn’t the query of who will lead the combat.
“All like-minded-opposition parties must come together in this fight against divisive forces. That is our desire. I never said who will lead, who will become the Prime Minister. Farooq Saab, I am telling you–we are not telling who will lead or who is not going to lead; that is not the question. We want to fight together unitedly. That is our desire,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge informed Abdullah throughout his tackle.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav slammed the ruling BJP on the Centre for its “anti-social justice” method and known as for all like-minded events, together with regional gamers, to collectively tackle the saffron party-led NDA within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The nation was affected by a number of points like unemployment, inflation and “they had hijacked all the constitutional institutions,” he stated in an obvious reference to the BJP. Democracy was in peril, he alleged.
“So we need to fight back. What they have been trying to do in Maharashtra, what they have been trying to do in Jharkhand but Bihar had made them a loser and that is the concept. All the senior leaders are here, Kharge ji is here. I have been appealing to everyone– all the regional parties, all the opposition parties to come together on one platform; all the like-minded parties. We can defeat them,” he added.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday praised DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin and expressed confidence the latter will rise to nationwide prominence. (With PTI inputs)
