‘Should Stop Fighting Among Themselves Before…’: BJP’s Swipe At INDIA Bloc Ahead Of Mumbai Huddle

The members in the INDIA bloc arrived in Mumbai to carry forward its agenda of putting up a united front against the BJP-led NDA in next year’s Lok Sabha elections.

BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday hit out at the Opposition bloc ahead of its third meeting in Mumbai on Thursday, saying it was bound to fail as it cannot arrive at a consensus on a leader.

The partners in the Opposition bloc — Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) — arrived in the country’s commercial capital for the meeting to carry forward its agenda of putting up a united front against the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in next year’s general elections.

Speaking to news agency PTI, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said the grand Opposition alliance will not succeed.

“The Opposition alliance is bound to fail as neither does it have a common ideology nor can it agree on a leader. A coalition of parties, which are poles apart in terms of their political ideologies, can never work in the country. A study of our political and electoral history tells us that the people here have always voted for a single ideology and leader,” Vijayvargiya said.

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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 30, 2023

Also taking a dig at the fledgling alliance, senior BJP leader and former Union minister, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the partners in INDIA should stop fighting among themselves before they pit themselves against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Speaking to PTI, Naqvi said, “Under the leadership of PM Modi, the country has taken a positive and constructive turn. They should stop fighting among themselves before contesting against him. Their only agenda or common minimum programme is to grab power by any means necessary. And in their bid to jockey for power, they are even not hesitating to have a go at each other. If such is the state of alliance at the start, one can imagine how it will end. People are watching.”

VIDEO | "They (opposition parties) should stop the infighting before contesting against PM Modi," says BJP leader @naqvimukhtar on INDIA alliance's meeting in Mumbai.#INDIAAlliance pic.twitter.com/TCJ6X1VBFp

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 30, 2023

Also hitting out at the Opposition camp, senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha, as quoted by ANI, said, “They (INDIA) will keep holding such meetings till the next general elections come around. However, these talks or meetings won’t result in anything substantive.”

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— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2023

“Their only agenda is to evade the long arm of the law as they have looted public wealth,” he added.