Union Minister Smriti Irani has taken a dig at the opposition, saying that the Congress party has admitted that they cannot defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi alone. Speaking at a press conference, Irani said that the opposition meeting being held in Patna, Bihar, is hilarious because under the Congress, politicians have gathered who themselves saw the sight of the murder of democracy during the emergency. She went on to say that those who have gathered want to signal to the nation that their own capabilities are insufficient in front of Modi.
The opposition meeting in Patna is being hosted by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with an aim to arrive at a consensus to forge a united opposition front to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Many opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, have arrived in Patna for the meeting.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in a statement that there is a war of ideology going on in India and that the Congress party’s ‘Bharat Jodo’ ideology is up against the RSS and BJP’s ‘Bharat Todo’ ideology. Gandhi added that the opposition parties have come together to defeat the BJP because the BJP is working to spread hate, violence and break the country, while the opposition is working to spread love and unity.
The meeting’s significance is in the fact that the opposition parties want to show that they are united against the BJP and are ready to take them on. The highly-anticipated meeting has been called by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and is being attended by leaders of parties opposed to the BJP. However, some leaders, like the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary, are not attending the conclave due to personal reasons.
In summary, the opposition meeting in Patna is an attempt to forge a united front against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The meeting is significant because it aims to show that the opposition parties are united and ready to take on the BJP. Union Minister Smriti Irani has taken a dig at the opposition, saying that the Congress party has admitted that they cannot defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi alone.
