Grateful To Congress For Announcing It Can't Defeat PM Modi Alone: BJP

On the Opposition meeting, Minister Smriti Irani said Congress is seeking the support of others because it is "incapable of defeating PM Modi alone".

The BJP on Friday derided the opposition parties' efforts to forge a front against it and said the Congress was seeking the support of others because it was "incapable of defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi alone" in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Top leaders of Opposition parties went into a huddle in Patna on Friday to chalk out a roadmap for the formation of an anti-BJP front for next year's general elections. The meeting was hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani took a dig at JDU and other opposition parties, saying it was "ironic" that some of the leaders who witnessed the "murder of democracy" during the Emergency have assembled under the Congress' parasol in Patna.

They have sent out a message that they are unable to take on PM Modi on their own, she claimed. "I want to especially express gratitude to the Congress for openly announcing that it is incapable of defeating PM Modi alone. It needs support," said Ms Irani.