We are going to defeat BJP together, says Rahul Gandhi ahead of Opposition meet

Ahead of Opposition meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said all Opposition parties are going to defeat the BJP in the 2024 general elections unitedly reported news agency PTIAccusing the BJP of working to divide India and spread hate and violence Rahul Gandhi asserted that a fight of ideologies is going on in IndiaOn one hand there is the Congress Bharat Jodo ideology and on the other the BJP and RSS Bharat Todo ideology Rahul Gandhi saidYou know that hate cannot be countered with hate It can be defeated only with love The Congress is working for uniting the country and spreading love he was quoted as saying by PTIThat is why we have come to Bihar because the DNA of the Congress is in Bihar Gandhi saidAll Opposition parties have come here and together we are going to defeat the BJP the former Congress chief said adding In Karnataka the BJP leaders gave speeches and went everywhere but the result is there for you to seeAs soon as the Congress stood united the BJP disappeared in Karnataka I am saying it from this stage that the BJP will be nowhere in Telangana Chhattisgarh Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and the Congress will win Rahul Gandhi claimedCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday received a warm welcome from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar upon arrival in the state capital for a crucial opposition meetingRahul Gandhi who is in Bihar for the first time after the state assembly polls of 2020 was accompanied by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary in charge of organisation K C VenugopalNitish Kumar accompanied by JDU national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan drove to the Jayprakash Narayan airport halfakilometer from his residence to receive the visitorsThe airport premises has been since morning chockablock with Congress workers and supporters eager to catch a glimpse of Gandhi the response of whose Bharat Jodo Yatra has infused the cadre with fresh vigourUpon landing in the city Gandhi drove to Sadaqat Ashram the Bihar Congress headquarters to address party workers before attending the opposition meetThe nearly three kilometers long route was dotted with banners inscribed with the slogan muhabbat ki dukaan which became popular during Bharat Jodo Yatra in which Gandhi had asserted that the Congress stood for inclusive politics in contrast with alleged divisiveness of BJPThe BJP on its part tried to cock a snook at its principal adversary whose woes like disqualification appear to have only added to his political statureClose to the partys office here was a gigantic poster not owned up by any BJP leader that sought to berate Gandhi likening him to Shahrukh Khans character in the movie DevdasRahul Gandhis arrival at the airport was followed shortly by CPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury NCP chief Sharad Pawar and working presidents Supriya Sule and Prafull PatelThe city has been teeming with political bigwigs pouring in from all parts of the country who are expected to chalk out a joint strategy for taking on the formidable BJP in next Lok Sabha electionsFormer Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah arrived early in the morningMany other leaders like Mehbooba Mufti Mamata Banerjee Arvind Kejriwal Bhagwant Mann and MK Stalin have been camping in the city since ThursdayJharkhand CM Hemant Soren Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray are also expected at the meeting which is scheduled to commence around noonWith inputs from PTI