From bumpy street to ‘outdated wine in new bottle’, NDA vs ‘INDIA’ is about for a soap-opera showdown

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NEW DELHI: With battlelines drawn for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the newly shaped opposition alliance ‘INDIA’ on Wednesday braced for a bumpy experience forward from ironing out variations in states to seat sharing and selecting its chief even because the ruling BJP known as the coalition “old wine in a new bottle.” 

As a political slugfest erupted a day after 26 opposition events shaped a entrance — Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) — to unitedly tackle the ruling BJP-led NDA on the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the Congress rejected hypothesis that the JD(U) chief was dissatisfied for not being made the convenor of the brand new grouping.

Kumar, who hosted the primary mega assembly of opposition events in Patna final month, additionally reiterated he doesn’t have any ambition for himself, including leaders on the opposition conclave held in Bengaluru on Tuesday had been completely happy on the final result of the deliberations.

While Congress chief Jairam Ramesh informed PTI there’s a “new enthusiasm” among the many constituents of INDIA, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that the BJP was “shivering with fear” after the formation of the opposition grouping.

The assertions by Ramesh and Banerjee got here whilst senior BJP chief and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister PK Dhumal mentioned the opposition entrance would fall “like a pack of cards” earlier than the Lok Sabha elections.

BSP chief Mayawati, in the meantime, introduced that her social gathering will go it alone within the subsequent Lok Sabha elections in addition to in Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, dubbing the NDA, INDIA coalitions “anti-Dalit” alliances.

A decision adopted at a gathering of the 39 constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Delhi on Tuesday mentioned the opposition is confronted with a disaster of identification and relevance. “Today, the opposition is confused and disoriented,” the decision mentioned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed the assembly. The BJP additionally intensified the web political struggle because the social gathering posted three brief movies on social media portraying its rivals as ten-headed Ravana.

ALSO READ | Opposition bloc ‘INDIA’ will get its tagline; BJP calls it as ‘ten-headed’ Ravana

In one video, the BJP sought to convey that the folks of the nation are confused with the opposition alliance because it doesn’t have any coverage, imaginative and prescient and a pacesetter to move the coalition.

The BJP additionally took a swipe on the opposition events over a Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator’s comment within the Maharashtra Assembly on chanting ‘Vande Mataram’, asking if this was their thought of ‘INDIA’.

The BJP’s response got here after SP MLA Abu Azmi, whereas elevating the Sambhajinagar district riots challenge within the Assembly, mentioned chanting ‘Vande Mataram’ was unacceptable to him.

“Is this idea of I.N.D.I.A? Or is this anti-India? SP is a part of this alleged I.N.D.I.A,” BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla mentioned in a tweet, taking a swipe on the newly shaped coalition.

Asked concerning the title INDIA chosen by opposition events for his or her alliance, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi mentioned, “Someone does not change by changing the name. They are the same people. It is a old wine in a new bottle.”

The new alliance, in the meantime, finalised “Jeetega Bharat” as its tagline, setting the tone for its Lok Sabha election marketing campaign. The Hindi tagline means “India will win” and is prone to be replicated in a number of regional languages, sources mentioned.

ALSO READ | Inside Opposition’s meet: A take a look at how ‘INDIA’ was chosen alliance title

Talking to reporters after inaugurating a month-long ‘Malmas Mela’ in Rajgir in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed that the BJP will probably be worn out within the Lok Sabha polls.

“The (Bengaluru) meeting was very fruitful and we all are very happy with the outcome. I could not attend the press conference after the conclave as I had to come back to Patna. My effort is to unite all opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and now things are taking shape,” the JD(U) chief mentioned.

BJP chief Sushil Modi on Tuesday had claimed that Nitish Kumar returned to Patna with out attending the press meet as he was “upset” over not being made the convenor of the alliance. The CM requested, “Who takes Sushil Modi seriously?”

“We are working to unify all non-BJP parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Patna opposition meeting was attended by 16 parties and there were 26 parties in Bengaluru. Our numbers are increasing and the unity of the opposition parties is getting strengthened,” he added.

JD(U) president Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’ described as “dushprachar” (canard) reviews of Nitish Kumar being sad with the acronym INDIA and going right into a sulk over not being made convener of the brand new coalition. The title INDIA bore the stamp of approval from all leaders current on the opposition conclave, mentioned Lalan, who accompanied the CM on the journey to Bengaluru. He additionally asserted that deciding on the convenor was not on the agenda of Tuesday’s assembly.

“It may be thought about when the next meeting takes place in Mumbai….Nitish Kumar is the sutradhar (driving force) of opposition unity. And a sutradhar never gets angry,” Lalan mentioned in Patna. He additionally claimed that the NDA assembly on Tuesday was indicative of its “desperation”.

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Congress normal secretary Randeep Surjewala asserted that irrespective of how exhausting the BJP tries to create a rift within the opposition alliance INDIA, it is not going to succeed. “We are all united. No matter how hard the BJP and Modi ji try to create a rift in Team India, they will not succeed,” he informed reporters in Delhi.

“The restlessness of the BJP is understandable. I wish them luck in continuing with their conspiratorial agenda.”

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray mentioned events that love the nation and motherland have come collectively, and asserted there may be now a powerful entrance in opposition to “dictatorship.”

SP president Akhilesh Yadav took a dig on the NDA and mentioned the ruling coalition’s assembly in Delhi was its “farewell ceremony.”

“The BJP has become afraid of ‘INDIA’. This name (of the opposition bloc) is good. ‘INDIA’ is a message of development and inclusiveness,” Yadav mentioned in an announcement in Lucknow.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut additionally took a swipe on the BJP, saying the ruling social gathering remembered the NDA solely after 26 opposition events got here collectively to kind the grouping ‘INDIA’.

AIADMK normal secretary and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Okay Palaniswami claimed the NDA would win 330 seats within the Lok Sabha elections.

BJP chief and former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan mentioned the brand new opposition grouping doesn’t have a consensus candidate to tackle Prime Minister Modi and they’re going to quickly begin preventing amongst themselves.

(With Additional Inputs from PTI)

NEW DELHI: With battlelines drawn for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the newly shaped opposition alliance ‘INDIA’ on Wednesday braced for a bumpy experience forward from ironing out variations in states to seat sharing and selecting its chief even because the ruling BJP known as the coalition “old wine in a new bottle.” 

As a political slugfest erupted a day after 26 opposition events shaped a entrance — Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) — to unitedly tackle the ruling BJP-led NDA on the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the Congress rejected hypothesis that the JD(U) chief was dissatisfied for not being made the convenor of the brand new grouping.

Kumar, who hosted the primary mega assembly of opposition events in Patna final month, additionally reiterated he doesn’t have any ambition for himself, including leaders on the opposition conclave held in Bengaluru on Tuesday had been completely happy on the final result of the deliberations.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

While Congress chief Jairam Ramesh informed PTI there’s a “new enthusiasm” among the many constituents of INDIA, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that the BJP was “shivering with fear” after the formation of the opposition grouping.

The assertions by Ramesh and Banerjee got here whilst senior BJP chief and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister PK Dhumal mentioned the opposition entrance would fall “like a pack of cards” earlier than the Lok Sabha elections.

BSP chief Mayawati, in the meantime, introduced that her social gathering will go it alone within the subsequent Lok Sabha elections in addition to in Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, dubbing the NDA, INDIA coalitions “anti-Dalit” alliances.

A decision adopted at a gathering of the 39 constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Delhi on Tuesday mentioned the opposition is confronted with a disaster of identification and relevance. “Today, the opposition is confused and disoriented,” the decision mentioned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed the assembly. The BJP additionally intensified the web political struggle because the social gathering posted three brief movies on social media portraying its rivals as ten-headed Ravana.

ALSO READ | Opposition bloc ‘INDIA’ will get its tagline; BJP calls it as ‘ten-headed’ Ravana

In one video, the BJP sought to convey that the folks of the nation are confused with the opposition alliance because it doesn’t have any coverage, imaginative and prescient and a pacesetter to move the coalition.

The BJP additionally took a swipe on the opposition events over a Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator’s comment within the Maharashtra Assembly on chanting ‘Vande Mataram’, asking if this was their thought of ‘INDIA’.

The BJP’s response got here after SP MLA Abu Azmi, whereas elevating the Sambhajinagar district riots challenge within the Assembly, mentioned chanting ‘Vande Mataram’ was unacceptable to him.

“Is this idea of I.N.D.I.A? Or is this anti-India? SP is a part of this alleged I.N.D.I.A,” BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla mentioned in a tweet, taking a swipe on the newly shaped coalition.

Asked concerning the title INDIA chosen by opposition events for his or her alliance, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi mentioned, “Someone does not change by changing the name. They are the same people. It is a old wine in a new bottle.”

The new alliance, in the meantime, finalised “Jeetega Bharat” as its tagline, setting the tone for its Lok Sabha election marketing campaign. The Hindi tagline means “India will win” and is prone to be replicated in a number of regional languages, sources mentioned.

ALSO READ | Inside Opposition’s meet: A take a look at how ‘INDIA’ was chosen alliance title

Talking to reporters after inaugurating a month-long ‘Malmas Mela’ in Rajgir in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed that the BJP will probably be worn out within the Lok Sabha polls.

“The (Bengaluru) meeting was very fruitful and we all are very happy with the outcome. I could not attend the press conference after the conclave as I had to come back to Patna. My effort is to unite all opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and now things are taking shape,” the JD(U) chief mentioned.

BJP chief Sushil Modi on Tuesday had claimed that Nitish Kumar returned to Patna with out attending the press meet as he was “upset” over not being made the convenor of the alliance. The CM requested, “Who takes Sushil Modi seriously?”

“We are working to unify all non-BJP parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Patna opposition meeting was attended by 16 parties and there were 26 parties in Bengaluru. Our numbers are increasing and the unity of the opposition parties is getting strengthened,” he added.

JD(U) president Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’ described as “dushprachar” (canard) reviews of Nitish Kumar being sad with the acronym INDIA and going right into a sulk over not being made convener of the brand new coalition. The title INDIA bore the stamp of approval from all leaders current on the opposition conclave, mentioned Lalan, who accompanied the CM on the journey to Bengaluru. He additionally asserted that deciding on the convenor was not on the agenda of Tuesday’s assembly.

“It may be thought about when the next meeting takes place in Mumbai….Nitish Kumar is the sutradhar (driving force) of opposition unity. And a sutradhar never gets angry,” Lalan mentioned in Patna. He additionally claimed that the NDA assembly on Tuesday was indicative of its “desperation”.

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Congress normal secretary Randeep Surjewala asserted that irrespective of how exhausting the BJP tries to create a rift within the opposition alliance INDIA, it is not going to succeed. “We are all united. No matter how hard the BJP and Modi ji try to create a rift in Team India, they will not succeed,” he informed reporters in Delhi.

“The restlessness of the BJP is understandable. I wish them luck in continuing with their conspiratorial agenda.”

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray mentioned events that love the nation and motherland have come collectively, and asserted there may be now a powerful entrance in opposition to “dictatorship.”

SP president Akhilesh Yadav took a dig on the NDA and mentioned the ruling coalition’s assembly in Delhi was its “farewell ceremony.”

“The BJP has become afraid of ‘INDIA’. This name (of the opposition bloc) is good. ‘INDIA’ is a message of development and inclusiveness,” Yadav mentioned in an announcement in Lucknow.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut additionally took a swipe on the BJP, saying the ruling social gathering remembered the NDA solely after 26 opposition events got here collectively to kind the grouping ‘INDIA’.

AIADMK normal secretary and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Okay Palaniswami claimed the NDA would win 330 seats within the Lok Sabha elections.

BJP chief and former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan mentioned the brand new opposition grouping doesn’t have a consensus candidate to tackle Prime Minister Modi and they’re going to quickly begin preventing amongst themselves.

(With Additional Inputs from PTI)