ANWARUL HODA / PATNA
Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed that the alliance of the Opposition parties will form the next government at the Centre and in Bihar after the Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing Jan Akanksha Rally in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, Mr. Gandhi kicked off party’s poll campaign in Bihar for 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Launching a blistering attack against the BJP government, Gandhi slammed PM Modi over several issues, including the Rafale deal and the NDA’s cash transfer scheme for farmers.
The Congress President reiterated the party’s poll promise to waive off farmer loans in the country and provide minimum income guarantee for all.
Besides Sharad Yadav, Hindustani Awam Morcha Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and leaders of RLSP also addressed the rally.
In an effort to not let the allies feel left out, Rahul Gandhi assured that it was the ‘gathbandhan sarkar’ (coalition government) that would come to power after Lok Sabha polls and later the state assembly elections.
“Tejashwi ji yuva neta hain, kaam karke dikhate hain, jhooth nahi bolte hain aur hum sab milkar izzat se, pyaar se, ek saath Lok Sabha mein aur uske ekdum baad Vidhan Sabha mein gathbandhan ki sarkar banane ja rahe hain (Tejashwi is the leader of the youth. He doesn’t lie and we all will together form a coalition government after Lok Sabha polls and the state assembly elections),” Gandhi said during Jan Aakansha Rally here.
Recently, DMK president MK Stalin had also pitched for the Congress president as the next PM. BJP leaders, including PM Modi, have often taken a swipe at the Opposition over their “multiple PM faces” and the “confusion” surrounding it