Opposition parties going to defeat BJP together: Rahul Gandhi

Patna, PTI

Opposition parties are together going to defeat the BJP in the 2024 general elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday and claimed a battle was on between his party's "'Bharat Jodo' ideology and the BJP's 'Bharat Todo' thinking".

Underscoring the importance of unity in party ranks, he also claimed the Congress would emerge victorious in the upcoming elections in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.

Accusing the BJP of working to "divide India and spread hate and violence", he asserted that a fight of ideologies was going on in India.

"On the one hand, there is the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo' ideology and the BJP and RSS' 'Bharat Todo' thinking is on the other hand," Gandhi said while addressing a large gathering of Congress workers and leaders at the party office in the Sadaqat Ashram area here.

That is why we have come here because the DNA of the Congress is in Bihar, the former party chief said.

"All Opposition parties have come here and together we are going to defeat the BJP," he said.

Top leaders of Opposition parties went into a huddle in Patna on Friday to chalk out a roadmap for the formation of an antiBJP front for next year's general elections.

The meeting was hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the JD(U) and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD. Gandhi said that in Karnataka, BJP leaders gave speeches and went everywhere "but the result is there for you to see".

"As soon as the Congress stood united, the BJP disappeared in Karnataka. I am saying it from this stage that the BJP will be nowhere in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and the Congress will win," Gandhi claimed.