New Delhi: The Congress has hit back at Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati after she launched an attack on Gandhis and the Congress party. Reacting to Mayawati’s comment that the Congress should worry about itself, the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said that Congress has always supported people and been with them. “No, this is not right. the Congress party has always been with people, it always fights both inside and outside Parliament to find a solution to all issues. What she said is not correct,” he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI on Sunday.
Mayawati’s remarks against Congress came a day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that she had not responded to the offer of the alliance during the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
Kharge responding to Mayawati’s remark highlighted the unity point. He said that it is important to fight against BJP-RSS unitedly, as they are trying to weaken the opposition. He said, “They (BJP-RSS) are trying to see to it that only one party remains. Believers of democracy don’t poach members of other parties. They (BJP) do this in places where they don’t win. Mayawati said what Rahul Gandhi had been saying. Important to strengthen and fight together.”
“The Congress had invited Mayawati to join them and lead the alliance against BJP (in UP). But she didn’t. Rahul Gandhi reiterated it yesterday. The public is suffering from inflation, no jobs, and the RSS is controlling institutions. All Opposition parties should unite in this fight,” he added.
As the nation is preparing for the general elections to be held in 2024, the opposition is trying to form a united front to dethrone the ruling BJP-led NDA at the Centre.
At a press conference in Lucknow earlier in the day, the BSP chief said, “Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of that the BSP is afraid of the BJP and that we were asked about the alliance and offered chief minister post to me, to which I didn’t respond is outrightly fallacious.”
She added, “Rahul Gandhi’s comments show his inferior feelings and malevolence towards the Dalits and the BSP.”
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