'Not about removing one man, it's to defeat ideology': Oppn at mega TMC rally

January 19, 2019 13:04

A battery of opposition leaders are attending the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's mega rally in Kolkata.

More than 20 national leaders, including former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, his son and Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah, Sharad Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Hemant Soren and former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang, are present at the rally.

Here's who said what at the mega rally.

This is not about removing one man from power. We have come together to defeat an ideology.

Yashwant Sinha, former Union minister

We the opposition parties have to give a fitting reply to the communal reply to the communal forces ... We will have to uproot BJP not only from the Centre but also from the states. You are seeing a lot of opposition leaders here ... It is because of the present political situation in the country -- how communal forces are gaining ground, how BJP is trying to run the country and the states. I feel this is a

dangerous situation for the country. The ruling BJP there was working against the adivasis and "we must get rid of it.

Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader

The mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) will ensure the defeat of the RSS and the BJP. The country is going through an unprecedented crisis with the exploitation of the poor, minorities and dalits in the four-and-half-year rule of the BJP. The mahagathbandhan will form the government at the Centre and will ensure the upholding of the Constitution, and the country will become a true socialist republic.

Jignesh Mevani, Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA

While Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had given a call to fight against the goro (Britishers) "we are fighting against choro (thieves)."

Hardik Patel , Gujarat Patidar leader

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