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An bold nationwide alliance-building workout to problem PM Modi and the BJP in 2024 takes child steps. However many contradictions nonetheless want ironing out

ISSUE DATE: Jul 10, 2023 | UPDATED: Jun 30, 2023 16:10 IST

COME TOGETHER: Leaders of the more than a few events on the Patna meet, June 23 (Picture: Ranjan Rahi)

It got here after a lot cogitation, numerous pre-nuptial bargaining and a minimum of one false get started. However the muhurat in the end got here on June 23, when all of 32 leaders from 15 events—former and present leader ministers amongst them—converged on Patna. That they had one not unusual venture: dislodging the Narendra Modi-led BJP executive on the Centre within the 2024 basic election. Convened via Bihar leader minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, its mentioned purpose was once to “save Indian democracy” from Modi’s “fascist, autocratic regime”. West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee took the mic to factor a dire caution: “If the BJP wins the following [Lok Sabha] election, India might now not exist within the futureâ€æthere can be not more elections.”

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Jun 30, 2023