"Today, senior leaders from Telangana joined the Congress party in the presence of Congress President Kharge, Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, General Secy (Org.) KC Venugopal, AICC Telangana Incharge Manikrao, Telangana PCC President Revanth Anumula and other senior leaders at AICC
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran and opposition leader V D Satheesan reached Delhi on Monday to meet former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
"I always see that Rahul Gandhi talks about love and says that Bharatiya Janata Party spreads hate. So if Rahul Gandhi is running 'Mohabbat ki Dukan', then whosoever reaches out to him, can get that love," he said.
While speaking to ANI, Giriraj Singh, referring to RJD leader Lalu Yadav's suggestion to Rahul Gandhi to get married, said that the meeting was nothing but a photo session.
"The public will make them sit at home in 2024 and vote to bring the Modi government to power again. They know their faces well," Union Minister Anurag Thakur said.
The mega event was attended by Chief Ministers of several opposition-ruled states including Mamata Banerjee and some other prominent leaders from parties opposed to the BJP
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President, MK Stalin, said all like-minded Opposition parties need to come together with a single-pointed goal -- to defeat the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in next year's Lok Sabha elections.
While addressing the joint press conference in Patna after the conclusion of the opposition meeting, Lalu Prasad Yadav said," You (Rahul Gandhi) did not pay heed to our advice to get married. You should have got married (Shadi karlena chaie tha). Time has still not passed, Get married and
Kharge further said that the opposition parties will meet in Shimla to chalk out a roadmap for the formation of an anti-BJP front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.