BJP leader and Union Minister Mahesh Sharma has described the grand alliance of non-BJP parties as a gathering of “opportunists” who have no ideology of patriotism, growth or development and are interested only in “their pound of flesh“. Mr. Sharma called them “private limited companies” unable to stand the expectations of people. In an interview , he said the leaders fighting the BJP did not want a strong government at the Centre, so that each of them could have an opportunity to sit on the chair of the Prime Minister.