Taking a shot at the joint Opposition meeting taking place in Patna today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah called it a “photo session” and said that the various Opposition parties can never be united.
“Today, a photo session is underway in Patna. All opposition leaders are gathering at one place. They want to send the message that they will challenge the NDA, BJP and PM Modi. I want to tell them that join as many hands as you want, your unity is never going to be a possibility,” Shah said, addressing a public rally in Jammu.
“If you get united, come before the voters, it is already decided that Modi will become prime minister in 2024 by winning more than 300 seats,” the home minister added. Training its guns at the Opposition conclave, the BJP has expressed derision at the gathering of political leaders in Patna, calling it a “gathbandhan (alliance) of thugs.”
“Sitting together for tea does not mean that the opposition is united,” BJP MP Sushil Modi said. “This is a ‘Gathbandhan of Thugs’. They are preparing to fool the country. They have no principle, or policy and all are involved in corruption,” he added. Asking who will lead the bloc of Opposition parties in their battle against the BJP, former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Nitish Kumar 2024 ke liye baaraat saja rahe hai Patna mai, baaraat me to dulha bhi hota hai, par is baaraat ka dulha kon hai? (Nitish Kumar is decorating the wedding procession for the 2024 elections in Patna, but who is the groom (PM contender). Everyone is calling themself a PM contender.”