Ready to align with like-minded parties to defeat BJP in 2024 polls: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said his party is willing to forge a viable alternative by aligning with likeminded parties in order to get rid of the antipeople BJP government in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and is ready to make any sacrifice required to achieve the goalIn his address at the Congress 85th plenary session Kharge also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that the pradhan sevak of Delhi who gets advertisements printed every day is serving his own friendThe Congress chief launched a blistering attack on the BJPled government at the Centre alleging that the DNA of those sitting in Delhi is antipoor and they are attempting to destroy democracy He also called for a peoples movement against the prevailing situation in the countryHailing party leader Rahul Gandhi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra Kharge said the KanyakumaritoKashmir march united the country with people from all walks of life coming togetherThe yatra emerged as a strong voice against the unprecedented challenges that people face today Kharge saidSuch challenges include continuing assault on the constitutional values democracy and social fabric of our country issues of national security at the border with China the prevailing atmosphere of hatred and fear alltime high inflation record unemployment and the increasing economic inequality he saidIn the prevailing difficult circumstances the Congress is the only party that can provide capable and decisive leadership to the country Kharge assertedFrom 2004 to 2014 the Congressled alliance with likeminded parties effectively served the people of the country he notedWe once again look forward to forging a viable alternative by aligning with likeminded parties to defeat the antipeople and undemocratic BJP governmentWe are ready to strive for the welfare of the people of our country and will make whatever sacrifices that are required Kharge saidKharge also said the goal for the upcoming state elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is clearThe Congress presidents remarks assume significance as they come amid talk of forging Opposition unity The Congress vehement criticism of the TMC has drawn a sharp response from the party signalling cracks in the Opposition ranksIn his address Kharge also alleged that the people in power were attacking peoples rights and there is a need for a movement against such attemptsHe also raised the slogan of Seva sangharsh aur balidan sabse pehle Hindustan Service struggle sacrifice The country comes firstKharge also claimed that the BJP is breaking parliamentary and constitutional traditions and misusing agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI for toppling governmentsAlso Read PM Modi to inaugurate Shivamogga airport in Karnataka on MondayHe claimed that the plenary session was also targeted with ED raids in Chhattisgarh adding that Congress leaders fought bravely to ensure that the session could be heldIn an apparent reference to industrialist Gautam Adani Kharge said I want to ask at what crossroads is our country standing where farmers have a perday income of Rs 27 while the wealth of one of the prime ministers friends is Rs 1000 croreHe claimed that 72 per cent MSMEs Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises could not earn anything during Covid but the wealth of one of the friends of the prime minister increased by 1300 per centThe pradhan sevak of Delhi who gets advertisements printed every day is serving his friend Kharge alleged in an apparent swipe at ModiHe also claimed that the BJPled government is handing over all the countrys assets to his friendsRail BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited they are selling everything from the sky land to everything in existence he said adding that people are worried whether the LIC Life Insurance Corporation and the SBI State Bank of India will survive or even these institutions will be soldSuch is the situation today that the poor and the middle class are suffering price rise has destroyed household budgets but the wealth of a handful of crony capitalist friends have increased so much that one of them became the second richest in the world he saidHe also alleged that amid economic disparities discrimination is being carried out against the poor SCs Scheduled Castes STs Scheduled Tribes OBCs Other Backward Classes and minoritiesThey are being trampled under the bulldozer of power Kharge saidHe also launched an attack on the government over the border issue with China claiming that the Chinese intruded but the PM said no one has come inExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has also said this and then talked about personal issues saying his father was not given promotion Kharge saidThe government cannot talk like this he addedRestoring the status quo ante of April 2020 will only prove that you have a 56inch chest otherwise we would know that it has shrunk Kharge said in a swipe at the prime ministerKharge asserted that going forward the Congress aim is to generate employment for crores through MSMEs control the inflation and the rising prices of essential commodities reduce the gap between the rich and the poor and ensure that farmers get a fair price for their produceHe said the party will also make efforts to rid the country of the prevailing environment of hate and spread harmonyOur aim is to stop the use of money power muscle power and the misuse of government agencies like CBI ED in toppling democratically elected governmentsThis is the Congress vision of participation and partnership in the countrys development Kharge addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever