In the past few days, there have been reports of appointing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the bloc’s convenor.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday wittily remarked on the question of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) appointing convenor for the Opposition bloc. Kharge who was addressing the media on party’s upcoming Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra when asked about the I.N.D.I.A bloc convenor said, “Who is going to be I.N.D.I.A bloc convenor is like Kaun Banega Crorepati’s question.” On Thursday, Shiv Sena (Balasaheb) Uddhav Thackeray placed a proposal to make Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar the convenor of the I.N.D.I alliance ahead of Lok Sabha elections this year. The former Maharashtra Chief Minister also held talks with regional parties of the alliance regarding the same
On the party’s upcoming Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh and General Secretary K C Venugopal also unveiled the logo and slogan of the party’s upcoming Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. He said, “…We are going among the people to tell them that there is no other way. We tried to speak in the Parliament and raise the issues. But the Government gave us no opportunity…146 MPs were suspended, for the first time in the history of this country…He at least came to the Lok Sabha but never once did he even take a peek at the Rajya Sabha…”
On PM Modi
Reteirating attack on PM Modi, Kharge said, “An unfortunate incident occurred in Manipur but PM Modi either went to the beach, had a photo session swimming, went for photos at the ongoing temple construction site or went to Kerala and Mumbai. He goes everywhere, you can see his photos everywhere…Just like the ‘darshan’ of God first thing after waking up. But why did this great man not go to Manipur?…”
On Jan 22 invitation
Kharge said he will “very soon” take a decision on whether he will attend the Ram Temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22. “I have got the invitation. Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi’s former principal secretary had come along with the secretary of the (temple) trust, they have invited me. I will decide on it very soon,” Kharge said.
