NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday once again called for opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “All like-minded opposition parties should come together against the divisive forces,” he said.
Kharge indicated that the question of a PM candidate of such a bloc was ‘not the question’. “I never said who will lead or who will become PM. It’s not the question. We want to fight together unitedly, this is our desire,” he said during his address at a DMK event to mark the 70th birthday of the party president and chief and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin.
“Congress-DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu led to Lok Sabha victories in 2004 and 2009. We should continue to strenghten our alliance,” Kharge added.
Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress president said that even when the common man is hit by inflation BJP is interested in polarising the society to win elections.
“More than 23 crore people have been pushed below the poverty line because of the BJP government’s failure. The common man is hit by inflation, youth is hit by unemployment but BJP is interested in polarising the society to win elections,” he added.