IN PICTURES: 21 parties unite against BJP in Mamata's United India Rally

Former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah said “This not about removing one man, this is about saving this country. A lot of people sacrificed, then this country got independence. But,this government is dividing people on communal, caste lines"

Speaking at the rally, which had over 50 lakh poeple as attendees, former BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha said, " I have only one battle to fight - to uproot BJP from the Centre"

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will not share the stage with Opposition leaders at the big anti-BJP show. In their absence, senior leaders from both the parties shall be attending the meeting.

Addressing the rally, Gegong Apang, former CM of Arunachal Pradesh lashed out the Modi government saying that the last four years have been testing times for Indian democracy. Stepping up the anti against the BJP government, JMM leader Hemant Soren said that all institutions are under attack under the Modi govt. Their regime should be uprooted not just from the centre but from every state.

Over 50 lakhs of party supporters cheered wildly and broke into spontaneous applause on seeing Banerjee

The rally was also attended by SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav who recently allied with Samajwadi Party against the Bharatiya Janta Party

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee brought together a massive show of strength at Brigade Parade Ground for the opposition's mega anti-BJP rally on Saturday./ All images: ANI