Opposition parties meeting to make Congress free India, not BJP: Sushil Modi

Patna (IANS) | Former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has taken a dig at the meeting of opposition parties to be held on June 23 in Patna, the capital of Bihar. He said that this meeting of opposition parties is not being held to make India free from BJP, but to make India free from Congress. While discussing with journalists in Patna on Wednesday, he raised questions about the unity of the opposition parties in gestures. He said that the manner in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is giving statements that only TMC will contest elections in Bengal and not Congress. This clearly shows that this meeting is being held to make Congress free, not BJP free.

He said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is saying that Congress should not contest elections in Delhi and Punjab. Similarly, KCR is saying that elections should not be contested in Telangana.

Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi said that these regional parties are trying to make India free from Congress. He said that here former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav is saying that he will contest elections on 80 seats and Congress should help him. Now it is up to the Congress to decide whether it wants a Congress-free India or what it wants. Actually, the meeting to be held on June 23 is being held for a Congress-free India.

It is noteworthy that a meeting of opposition parties has been called in Patna on June 23, in which leaders of more than 15 parties are likely to participate.

–IANS