Opposition Parties Rally Around Social Justice As Key 2024 Theme
NDTV
At the opposition meeting, parties are expected to discuss the basic outline for opposition unity, avoiding more complicated and divisive subjects like seat-sharing and leadership for now.
As opposition parties get together for a big meeting today to set the ball rolling for the 2024 national election and their plans for a united fight against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, social justice is emerging as a central theme.
Top leaders of several opposition parties started arriving in Patna yesterday for the meeting called by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is at the forefront of opposition unity moves.
The leaders will meet at Nitish Kumar's home in Patna for discussions aimed at a roadmap for an anti-BJP front for next year's elections.
Various opposition parties are assessing the potential for constructing a campaign centred around social justice, in an effort to counterbalance what they perceive as the waning appeal of polarising Hindutva politics, which has long overshadowed the widening chasm between the dominant and marginalised communities.
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PM Modi also offered the Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha congratulations for their win in the election in that state.
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