BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi questions internal cohesion of INDIA alliance

Aug 31, 2023

Patna (Bihar) [India], August 31 : Posing questions on internal cohesion and stability within the Opposition alliance INDIA, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said that the alliance cannot dent the prospect of Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
"Congress has issued posters (ahead of the third meeting of INDIA alliance) on which pictures of 13 leaders are there. Rahul Gandhi's picture is highlighted most in the posters. But Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal's photo is not there on the poster. What does it convey? (about the alliance),” Sushil Kumar Modi asked while talking to ANI.
He also said that there are many contenders for becoming the prime ministerial candidate of the alliance. 
"JD(U) leaders talk about Nitish Kumar's credentials for becoming a prime ministerial candidate. Congress leaders want Rahul Gandhi to become the prime ministerial candidate while AAP wants Arvind Kejriwal to become the Prime Ministerial candidate," the BJP leader said. 
He questioned unity in the alliance by mentioning that Congress and CPIM fighting against Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly bypoll elections that have been held recently and that Congress pitted against AAP in Delhi and in Punjab state politics. 
Sushil Kumar Modi said that all recent surveys placed Narendra Modi well ahead of other Opposition leaders and hence there is no way that the INDIA alliance can make an impact enough to prevent the BJP from coming to power in the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. 
The INDIA alliance is meeting in Mumbai on Thursday and Friday and is expected to unveil a new logo of the alliance. The two day huddle will also underline the strategy that the opposition alliance will adopt for the Lok Sabha polls and the upcoming Assembly elections.