Mumbai Rally:INDIA bloc leaders target BJP

Several opposition leaders targeted the ruling BJP from one platform on Sunday, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stressing that he was compelled to launch his Bharat Jodo yatras to highlight rising unemployment, inflation and hatred in society.In a show of strength, leaders of the INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) grouping assembled here for a mega rally ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, which will be held in seven phases starting April 19.Addressing the rally at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park after the conclusion of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be able to win the Lok Sabha elections without “EVMs, ED, CBI and Income Tax”. “Our fight against Modi is not on a personal level. Modi is a ‘mask’ who works for a ‘shakti’ (power). He is a shallow man who doesn’t have a 56-inch chest,” Gandhi said.Modi’s guarantee is for the rich, while the opposition grouping’s guarantee is for the common man, said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and added that the Congress has fulfilled its guarantees in Karnataka and Telengana. The party will fulfull allguarantees ,if we formed the government at the Centre.

कांग्रेस ने जो आपको गारंटियां बताई हैं, वो INDIA की सरकार आने के बाद जरूर पूरी होंगी।

ये गारंटियां गरीबों के लिए हैं, न कि अमीरों के लिए। हमने पहले भी कर्नाटक और तेलंगाना में अपनी गारंटियां पूरी की हैं।

हम जो कहते हैं, वो करते हैं।

: कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge

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The INDIA bloc leaders appealed to people to exercise their franchise cautiously saying a third term for PM Modi will ensure that the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be the last elections in the country. They said the BJP wants over 400 seats to change the Constitution.
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief and Dr B R Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar attended the rally but did not categorically spell out if he was a part of the opposition alliance.“Whether together or alone, you need to fight. Bengal has gone separate ways. Here there are attempts to come together,” he said, referring to Trinamool Congress head Mamata Banerjee’s plan to go solo in West Bengal in the general elections.