Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that her party will not enter into any alliance and it intends to fight upcoming general elections and Assembly elections on its own. Addressing a press conference, she said the party’s preparations are going in full swing ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
“As Lok Sabha elections are around the corner, our preparations are going in full swing and we are also holding meetings across the country,” Mayawati added. Her statement came a day after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition parties convened meetings to flex their political muscles ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Further, the BSP chief also raised questions on INDIA and NDA alliance. She termed Congress’s promises as “hollow” and said the grand old party is forging alliances just to come to power.
Speaking further, she said her party will contest Assembly elections on its own in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana and can forge alliances with regional parties in Punjab, Haryana, and other states.
Turning to the new alliance, A day after the united alliance of the opposition parties announced ‘INDIA’ as the name of their front, they chose ‘Jeetega Bharat’ as the tagline with an aim to defeat the BJP in the 2024 general election. As per the news agency PTI sources, the Hindi tagline which means ‘India will win’ will have its regional translations.
After the leaders of 26 Opposition parties named the alliance INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), during the two-day Bengaluru conclave, they felt that the word “Bharat” should feature in the name of the alliance. Later, it was decided that it would feature in the tagline. “It was decided that it would feature in the tagline,” a senior leader said.
Announcing the name of the Opposition front, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the fight for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is between NDA and INDIA. The country’s voice is being muzzled; this is the fight for that. That’s why we came up with this name – Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance – means INDIA,” Rahul Gandhi said.
“We, the undersigned leaders of India’s 26 progressive parties, express our steadfast resolve to safeguard the idea of India as enshrined in the Constitution. The character of our republic is being severely assaulted in a systematic manner by the BJP. We are at a most crucial juncture in our nation’s history. The foundational pillars of the Indian Constitution – secular democracy, economic sovereignty, social justice, and federalism – are being methodically and menacingly undermined,” read Samuhik Sankalp (resolution) of 26 political parties passed at the meeting.
(With inputs from agencies)
