Narendra Modi says, Mahagathbandhan a compulsion, vindication of BJP's success

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday scoffed at opposition efforts to forge a Mahagathbandhan for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections saying it was nothing but their compulsion and a vindication of the BJPled governments successThe Prime Minister said the proposed grand alliance of the opposition was leaderless had no clear policy and its intentions were corrupt The Bharatiya Janata Party does not see a challenge anywhere The opposition parties had failed to deliver when they were in power and now in their present role he claimedModi also had a veiled dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi saying that various opposition parties were not prepared to give the Congress any leadership role with some even regarding it a burdenAddressing the concluding session of the BJP National Executive here Modi said that there was also a situation of nonacceptance of the leadership within the Congress which he said spoke liesLaw Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad later briefed the media about Modis remarksToday there is discussion about Mahagathbandhan People who do not see eye to eye who cannot walk together who have no political or ideological understanding who cant even tolerate each other are thinking of forging a Mahagathbandhan and embracing each other It is the biggest vindication of our success Prasad quoted Modi as sayingMahagathbandhan its leader is not known the policy is unclear and intention is corrupt These are so powerful words of the Prime Minister Prasad saidReferring to the Congress Modi said that nobody is prepared to accept its leadership Even small parties are not willing to accept its leadership Some treat it as a burdenThe Prime Minister said that there should be an effective opposition in a democracy for accountabilityOur pain is that those who were failure in the government are also failures in the opposition They have till date not raised relevant issuesHe said the BJP was willing to answer questions on its ideological commitment its work but will also pose questions about 48 years of a family and 48month rule of the BJPled governmentSurely we will ask what that family worked for for what consideration with what objective and purpose Our difficulty is that they do not fight on issues nor on our performance Prasad quoted Modi as saying at the party meetThey fight on lies They speak a lie everyday Manufacturing lies and then repeating these has become a habitBut as part of our strategy we have to expose their lies The lie the misrepresentation of opposition in general and the Congress in particular must be defeated strongly with reference to the great work we have done Modi saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever