Opportunist elements came together to remove Modi: BJP on Oppn rally

January 19, 2019 20:00

Describing the united opposition rally organised by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee as a gathering of "opportunist elements", the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said those who could not see eye-to-eye have come together with the sole agenda of removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and without any roadmap for the future of the country.

Asserting India of 2019 is not the India of 1990s, when the longevity of prime ministers ranged from several days to a few months, senior party leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the country needs "a mazboot sarkar and not a mazboor sarkar (strong government not helpless government)".

Taking a dig at the leaders' gathering in Kolkata, Prasad said all of them have the ambition to become prime minister, and therefore their most difficult task is to announce their leader.

Leaders of almost all opposition parties, including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, BSP leader Satish Chander Mishra, DMK leader M K Stalin and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, attended the 'United India' rally organised by Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister, in Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground on Saturday.

The chief ministers of Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka were also present at the rally.

BJP spokesperson Rajiv Partap Rudy termed the gathering an "anti-Modi exercise" and said, "It's a summit of contradictions and conflict." He exuded confidence that BJP would win the next general election and form the government again.

Prasad said these opposition parties have no plans for development of the country and their sole agenda is to defeat Modi.

"Those who could not see eye-to-eye have come together. From their speeches, it was evident that their only agenda was to remove Narendra Modi. They have no roadmap for the development of India. Someone in funny manner said their leader will be elected by the people of India, you have to name your leader to be elected by the people of India," Prasad said.

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