AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, and Deputy Chief Minister D.Okay. Shivakumar throughout press meet in Bengaluru.
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The Opposition events within the INDIA bloc welcomed the Lok Sabha election dates and stated they had been ready to tackle the BJP and unseat it from energy. The Congress stated it will combat for “nyay” (justice) to the nation and its folks, whereas the Left events stated their major goal was to take away the BJP from energy. The Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) appealed to voters to vote in opposition to dictatorship and hooliganism.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated in a social media submit that the 2024 Lok Sabha election would open the “door of nyay” for India. “This would be perhaps the last chance to save democracy and our Constitution from dictatorship. We, the people of India, will together fight against hatred, loot, unemployment, price rise and atrocities,” he stated.
Later, chatting with reporters in Bengaluru, he questioned the seven-phase ballot schedule and quipped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished to tour all over the place. He stated the polls might have been accomplished in three or 4 phases. “We are not anxious about what is going to happen, but Mr. Modi putting seven phases, it means that he wants to tour everywhere. In this country, I have also contested nearly 12 elections and there hardly used to be four phases. Sometimes it used to be even one phase. I have seen two phases also but maximum it used to be four,” he stated. He stated all works can be stopped for 70-80 days throughout the election, supplies wouldn’t be equipped, and budgets wouldn’t be spent. “So, according to me, this is not good,” Mr. Kharge stated.
Giving a top level view of how the Congress’ marketing campaign can be throughout the polls, Mr. Kharge introduced 10 guarantees beneath two ensures of ‘Shramik Nyay’ and ‘Hissedari Nyay’. These embody a constitutional modification to lift the 50% cap on reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Different Backward Courses (OBC), and nationwide minimal wage of ₹400 per day, which will even be the minimal for all Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act (MGNREGA) employees nationally.
In the meantime, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera stated the 2024 Normal Election might be a milestone election as a result of it’s going to resolve whether or not Indian democracy might be protected or not. “We have been raising issues that matter to farmers, youths and women, especially to the unemployed youth through the two yatras that Rahul Gandhi undertook. We have underlined the need for India’s politics to focus on these issues. People have been waiting for this election,” Mr. Khera stated.
AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated the election is a good pageant of democracy and appealed to voters to vote this time “against dictatorship and hooliganism”. “The AAP works for the real issues of the people and facilitates them. Strengthen our hands by voting on ‘jhaadu‘ (broom, the AAP’s election symbol) wherever our candidates are contesting the polls, so that we can work for you with more energy,” Mr. Kejriwal stated.
Communist Social gathering of India (CPI) basic secretary D. Raja stated the first goal of his celebration was to defeat the BJP and enhance the presence of the Left events in Parliament. “Removing the BJP is in the interest of the future of this country,” he stated, including that the CPI needed to put together itself to contest an affordable variety of seats.
