Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, asserted that it is impossible for the BJP to win the 2024 general elections if the INDIA bloc, which represents 60 per cent of the country's population, is united.
Speaking at a joint press conference after the meeting of the INDIA bloc in Mumbai, the Congress leader pointed out that the task for the opposition is to come together in the most efficient way possible.
He said two major steps have been initiated to ensure the opposition unity—the formation of a coordination committee and the move to expedite discussions on the seat-sharing process. The coordination committee was formed comprising senior leaders Sharad Pawar, K.C. Venugopal, Hemant Soren, and Tejashwi Yadav among others. The Congress leader claimed that these steps will ensure that the BJP is defeated in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
"The real work in this alliance is the relationships that are forged between leaders of this alliance," he said and added the earlier meetings of the INDIA bloc have played a crucial role in ensuring rapport between the opposition leaders. The Congress leader pointed out that there is much flexibility among the many senior leaders in the INDIA bloc.
He continued to attack the Centre, claiming that the government is working to extract money from the poor and give it to a select few businessmen. "So we are going to propose a clear path, a path of development, a clear set of ideas that will once again involve the poor people, the farmers, the workers in the progress of this country," he was quoted as saying.