Eyes on 2024 polls, Rahul Gandhi calls on Opposition to unite against RSS, BJP

Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that discussions are going on to unite political parties against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that opposition parties must unite to fight the BJP and discussions are under way to determine the framework of a united front. The Congress leader made these remarks after meeting RJD leader Sharad Yadav.

"Opposition parties that are against RSS and Narendra Modi should come together. Discussions are ongoing on how they should come together, what should be the framework, and what has to be developed," he said.

Talking about India's present economic situation, Rahul Gandhi said on Friday, "You can't imagine India's economic situation and job condition. Never in your life would you have seen what was coming next. The employment structure of this country, its backbone, is broken. Small and medium businesses, small shopkeepers, and the informal sector are our backbone."

"Economists and bureaucrats make their plans by looking at other nations. The PM says we've got to become like them. It can't be done like that. First, we have to realise who we are and what's happening here. They've broken the backbone. Terrifying results will come in the next 34 years," he said.

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Targetting the BJP government for spreading hatred and dividing the country, he said, "Today the country is in a very bad situation. Hatred is being spread and the country is being divided. We have to bring the nation together and walk on the path of brotherhood, which has been a part of our history."

Asked to comment on the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine, Gandhi said that China is applying the same principle that Russia has done to Ukraine.