Rahul Gandhi argued that despite the opposition INDIA bloc's unparalleled unity and the fact that seat-sharing was still unresolved in only a few tiny states, Congress will win in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana, and has a good chance of retaining power in Rajasthan. He said the “BJP is in for a big surprise” in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Speaking at a conclave, Rahul said the opposition realised that it was no longer fighting a political party but the “financial and media attack” revolving around a “friendly monopolist”, and BJP was “generating a huge amount of money from this”.
He added that any businessman, who stood up to this “monopoly” or supported the opposition, faced destruction under the present regime.
Rahul Gandhi said, “I have not seen the opposition working like this before. We can sit down and say, ‘we don’t agree with you on that, etc’, and then find a compromise. There is a great deal of flexibility. We know what is at stake. It is to defend the soul of India... the concept of India, free elections, free speech are under mortal threat. We are not fighting a political party, but the Indian state.”
The Congress spokesman emphasised that in MP and Chhattisgarh as well as Telangana, "where the BJP is decimated," the opposition was "controlling the narrative." He claimed that despite the BJP's efforts to divert attention from important matters like the "caste census," such as through statements made by Ramesh Bidhuri and MP Nishikant Dubey, or through discussions of "one nation, one vote" and "Bharat-India name change," this had occurred.