New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday mentioned that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are prone to be superior because the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) fears with time it should undergo extra loss due to the Opposition unity. The Janata Dal (United) supremo’s comment got here a day after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee mentioned that she was apprehensive that the upcoming Normal elections could possibly be held in December this 12 months, or in January.
“I’ve been saying it for the final seven-eight months that the NDA authorities on the Centre may go for early Lok Sabha polls, fearing extra loss to the BJP due to opposition unity,” Nitish Kumar advised reporters.
“Due to this fact, all opposition events should come collectively to defeat the BJP within the Lok Sabha polls. I’m as soon as once more repeating that I’ve no need for myself, I’ve no private ambitions. My solely want is to unite the utmost variety of events (against the BJP) earlier than the elections,” he added.
Kumar, who not too long ago mentioned that extra events are prone to be a part of the Opposition coalition INDIA, declined to expose any particulars.
“We now have taken initiatives for unity among the many opposition events. The opposition coalition INDIA will additional strengthen after the Mumbai assembly on August 31 and September 1,” the Bihar CM mentioned.
The following Normal election is anticipated to be performed between April and Could 2024 to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha is scheduled to finish on June 16, 2024.
Earlier on Monday, Mamata Banerjee mentioned that the BJP may conduct the Lok Sabha polls in December itself, claiming that every one choppers have been booked by the saffron celebration for campaigning. Talking at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) college students’ wing rally, she additionally cautioned {that a} third time period for the BJP would make sure the nation faces an ‘autocratic’ rule.
“I’m apprehensive that they (BJP) might maintain the Lok Sabha elections in December 2023 itself, or in January… If the BJP returns to energy for the third consecutive time period, the nation would face an autocratic rule,” she mentioned.
Banerjee claimed that the BJP has ‘already booked all choppers’ to marketing campaign within the Lok Sabha polls in order that no different political celebration can use these for canvassing.
“The saffron celebration has already turned our nation right into a nation within the throes of animosity amongst communities. In the event that they return to energy, it should make our nation a nation of hatred,” she mentioned.
