New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday stated that the Lok Sabha elections have been both a political and a “moral defeat” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing the INDIA bloc meeting held at his residence, Kharge said, “I welcome all INDIA partners. We fought well, fought unitedly, fought resolutely. The mandate is decisively against Modi and the substance and style of his politics. It is a huge political loss for him personally apart from being a clear moral defeat as well.”
“However, he is determined to subvert the will of the people. INDIA welcomes all parties that share its fundamental commitment to the values enshrined in the Preamble to our Constitution and to its many provisions for economic, social and political justice,” Kharge added at the meeting attended by several leaders of the INDIA bloc.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi were also in attendance, as was Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, who arrived along with his uncle Ram Gopal Yadav ahead of the meeting to discuss strategy and the way forward. Outside, Congress workers raised slogans in support of Rahul Gandhi.
ThePrint’s Praveen Jain and Suraj Singh Bisht captured the bonhomie on display at the meeting.