On a day when opposition parties officially named their alliance ‘INDIA’ for next year’s Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said a coalition on the basis of negativity never succeeds.
“When an alliance is formed due to compulsion of power, when an alliance is with the intention of corruption, when an alliance is based on dynastic politics, when an alliance is formed keeping in mind casteism and regionalism, then that alliance is very harmful to the country,” Modi said while addressing the leaders of constituents of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition at a crucial meeting in Delhi.
VIDEO | “When an alliance is made under the compulsion to attain power and with corrupt motive, then that coalition causes a lot of loss to the country,” says PM Modi after meeting of NDA allies in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/9XMBcEE9hI
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 18, 2023
A total of 38 parties attended the meeting of the NDA in the national capital.
The Prime Minister asserted that the BJP-led NDA alliance will get over 50 per cent vote share in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
“NDA had about 38 percent vote share in 2014, 45 percent in 2019. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, NDA’s vote share will be over 50 percent because of its allies who are working hard,” he said.
VIDEO | “NDA stands for ‘New India’, ‘Developed Nation’, and ‘Aspirations of People’. Today, the poor, middle class, youth, women, tribals all trust NDA,” says PM Modi after meeting of NDA allies in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/1MokGNFoTL
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 18, 2023
“When we were in opposition also, we did constructive politics and did not indulge in negative politics. We opposed the government and brought to the fore their scams but we never disrespected the mandate. To oppose governments, we never sought foreign help,” Modi further said.
At the meeting, PM Modi observed that the opposition parties underestimate the wisdom of the common people, who are aware that the opposition parties’ alliance is bound in “selfish gains”.
At the NDA meeting today, Prime Minister Modi was welcomed by BJP president J P Nadda, Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Jitan Ram Manjhi.
