Days after the fourth assembly of the I.N.D.I.A bloc in New Delhi, a JD(U) MLA made derogatory remarks in opposition to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, placing a query mark on the Opposition’s unity. MLA Gopal Mandal stated that the frequent public doesn’t know Kharge and it is Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who ought to turn into the Prime Minister candidate for the I.N.D.I.A bloc.
“Who is this ‘Kharge Pharge’? The public doesn’t know him. Even I wasn’t aware he is the president of Congress…I just came to know through you (media)… Masses don’t know him. The public knows Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar should become Prime Minister. He is popular across India,” he informed information company ANI.Â
JD(U) MLA on I.N.D.I.A alliance
The JD(U) MLA from Gopalpur Assembly stated that it was his get together president Nitish Kumar who performed a key position in establishing the I.N.D.I.A bloc. “Everything was done by Nitish Kumar. Nitish Kumar played the role of convenor when the alliance was named I.N.D.I.A. He gathered all the regional leaders and helped in bringing them together for meetings again and again. They should choose Nitish Kumar as the Prime Minister’s face,” he stated.Â
Mandal additionally focused Congress and stated that it is a celebration that can not be trusted by the general public. “Congress party is not worth trusting. It was Congress under which people faced the brunt of inflation and rising prices. BJP came into power only due to their poor policies. Now, the BJP has taken inflation to another level. So why to pick faces of the past, pick new faces,” he added.
The JD(U) MLA’s assertion got here after Kharge’s identify was proposed because the prime ministerial candidate for the INDIA bloc by Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal within the bloc’s fourth assembly held on December 19.  However, the Congress chief performed down ideas about being the prime ministerial candidate of the I.N.D.I.A bloc for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and stated the matter might be determined later and their precedence is to attempt to get a majority. “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 have to win,” Kharge informed reporters after the assembly.Â
I.N.D.I.A bloc’s 4th assembly
The fourth assembly of the Opposition bloc occurred within the nationwide capital and was attended by leaders from 28 events. Congress chief KC Venugopal informed reporters that the seat-sharing talks ought to begin immediately and there is a proposal for “joint rallies” additionally. The assembly was held in view of escalating tensions between the federal government and the Opposition over the suspension of MPs through the winter session of Parliament.
The alliance, led by the Congress, took form with the first goal of mounting a mixed problem to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in subsequent yr’s common elections. The first assembly of the joint opposition convened in Patna on June 23 and the second assembly was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18. The third assembly occurred in Mumbai on August 31-September 1.
(With inputs from ANI)
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