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Describing the closing ceremony of the Yatra as historic, Lalan Singh wished for its success. (@photo by LalanSingh_1)
In a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Singh cited his scheduled engagement for a political event in election-bound Nagaland to avoid the conclusion of the yatra.
Janata Dal (United) president Lalan Singh on Thursday expressed his inability to attend the closing ceremony of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on January 30 and asked the Congress to take appropriate steps to unite the opposition.
In a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Singh cited his scheduled engagement for a political event in election-bound Nagaland to avoid the conclusion of the yatra.
While the Congress has invited chiefs of several non-BJP parties to attend the event to complete this mega exercise aimed at rejuvenating its organization for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, it remains to be seen whether they will How many people come from
Some regional party chiefs may send their representatives at a time when the opposition itself is divided over what shape such an alliance against the BJP should take and who should lead it.
Singh said, “My party sincerely feels that the need of the hour is a unified opposition and hopes that the Indian National Congress will take appropriate steps in this direction.” Nitish Kumar as the prime ministerial candidate without officially projecting him as their choice for the face of the opposition.
Singh, however, shared Kharge’s sentiments against the BJP, saying, “There is no doubt that there has been a decline in democratic values in the country and the constitutional institutions that are supposed to ensure checks and balances on the unruly executive power need to be dismantled.” being systematically destroyed.
Singh said that the speed with which the country is transforming itself from electoral democracy to electoral autocracy is frightening.
He termed the concluding program of the yatra as ‘historic’ and wished it success.
The JD(U) president said, “On behalf of my party, the party’s supreme leader, Mr. Nitish Kumar, the honorable Chief Minister of Bihar and crores of party members, I wish success to the event.”
“Bharat Jodo Yatra has also given an opportunity to study, experience and understand the mood and concerns of the people, which I am sure will go a long way in helping us formulate a joint strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha. election,” he said.
The march started from Kanyakumari on September 7 and entered Jammu and Kashmir via Punjab last Thursday.
The marathon march will culminate with Gandhi unfurling the national flag at the party headquarters in Srinagar and addressing a grand rally at Sher-e-Kashmir. Cricket Stadium 30 January.
JD(U) has Congress as its alliance partner in Bihar. Chief Minister Kumar, a staunch supporter of opposition unity, has made it clear that he may take on the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections next year and is not in favor of a ‘Third Front’ and is not against the launch of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate.
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