If Congress listen to me, BJP will go below 100 seats, says Nitish Kumar
The Hindu
Nitish Kumar added that all the Opposition parties will have to come together in the coming Lok Sabha polls to defeat BJP
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on February 18, 2023 announced that BJP would go below 100 seats if Congress listens to him. Mr. Kumar asked Congress leadership to make the formal announcement of Opposition unity as soon as possible to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Mr. Kumar said this during the third day of the national convention of CPI(ML) in which leaders of other political parties were also present including senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Salman Kurshid.
“As you (read Salman Khurshid) here I would like to send a message to your leadership to make a decision as soon as possible.Call the meeting and take the decision where and with whom you want to contest the Lok Sabha poll. If you listen to my suggestion, BJP will go below 100 seats and if you will not listen then you do whatever you want to. Take the decision as soon as possible, I am waiting and take my words, the country will get the benefit and even you will get the benefit of it,” Mr. Kumar said while looking at Mr. Khurshid.
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Mr. Kumar added that all the Opposition parties will have to come together in the coming Lok Sabha polls to defeat BJP. He stressed that Bharat Jodo Yatra went well but it’s time to think ahead.
“I am getting the call from other political parties and they are asking to call a meeting of all the opposition parties but I am just waiting. I want to unite as many political parties as possible. I am repeatedly saying and again I want to say that I don’t have any wish. I just want to save the country and make India BJP free,” Mr. Kumar asserted.
Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Janata Dal (United) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and member of Parliament and leader of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (Liberation Panthers Party, Tamil Nadu) Thol. Thirumavalavan were also present on the dais.
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