"INDIA bloc will form govt in Lok Sabha elections, peoples' faith on BJP wavering": Congress leader Sachin Pilot
Jan 19, 2024
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], January 19 : Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Thursday that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a coalition of 28 opposing parties formed to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government, will form the government in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The former Deputy Chief Minister also alleged that the promises made by the BJP in the last ten years "have not been fulfilled."
Speaking to reporters on the seat-sharing arrangement in Jaipur after attending the Pradesh Election Committee meeting, Pilot said, "Whether it is Rajasthan or any other state, whatever decision has to be taken regarding the alliance will be taken in Delhi. There is a traditional bilateral contest in Rajasthan. We are fully prepared for every seat... We want the INDIA alliance to become strong."
"All the parties to the INDIA alliance will have to leave aside personal interests and think in the interest of the country... The final decision will be taken from Delhi," he added.
He also said that he suggested that new faces should be given a chance to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which are just a few months away.
"...I have suggested that, as much as possible, youths should be given a chance to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections," he said.
He also alleged that people's faith in the BJP is "now wavering."
"The promises made by the BJP in the last 10 years have not been fulfilled. Now people's faith in the BJP is wavering...BJP neither has any issues left nor any report card," he claimed.
He further said, "INDIA coalition government will be formed in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections."
The Congress is holding seat-sharing talks with all its alliance partners before launching the campaign for the Lok Sabha polls.
As the 2024 Lok Sabha elections draw near, India's political landscape is undergoing a significant reshuffling. The emerging INDIA consortium is gearing up to challenge the NDA, setting the stage for an electoral showdown.
Earlier in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA won 353 seats, the UPA stood at 91, and Others won 98. The voting was staggered in seven phases between April 11 and May 19, in which around 67 per cent of the nearly 900 million eligible people exercised their franchise to elect 542 members of the Lok Sabha.
