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File photo of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. (Image: PTI)
Kharge hit out at the BJP, alleging that it was trying to polarize for electoral gains while people were grappling with rising inflation and unemployment.
Calling for opposition unity ahead of the 2024 parliamentary polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said it was imperative to fight unitedly against “divisive forces” and indicated that the question of a PM candidate from such a block was “not a question”. Was.
In his address at a DMK event to mark the 70th birthday of his party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Kharge lashed out at the BJP, alleging that it was trying to polarize for electoral gains, while People are suffering from rising inflation and unemployment.
There was a need to remain united to protect the country and the Constitution.
He said, “All like-minded opposition parties should come together in this fight against divisive forces. I never said who will lead, who will become the prime minister. We (Congress) are not saying who will lead or Won’t. It isn’t.” Question. We want to fight unitedly, this is our wish. That’s why we have sacrificed many times in the name of secularism, in the name of freedom, in the name of freedom of expression.
“We have done it and shown it and we have lost many times,” he said.
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