Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar said on Sunday that his party was “optimistic” of a grand alliance in the State for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. He said the people want the Opposition to contest the general elections in Uttar Pradesh together.
“In the present scenario, irrespective of the party and the pressures they might be facing from their voters, we have to unitedly contest the Lok Sabha polls,” Mr. Babbar said.
“In the Lok Sabha elections in U.P., I’m optimistic of a grand alliance...Lok Sabha elections are at the national level and there are only two forces. I’m not saying that there are only two parties, but there are only two ideologies. One is of Gandhi ji on which the Congress runs and other is of the RSS which is in search of credibility,” he said.
Mr. Babbar claimed that the RSS was searching for credibility since 1924 and that it had no identity.
“They (BJP) have a majority government, but still Hindus and Muslims are being made to realise their differences. They said they got a big majority and have reduced everyone (all other parties) to zero. But can they destroy our ideology completely,” he asked.
Referring to a three-day conclave held by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi, the Congress leader alleged the the Sangh misused the government and for the first time Vigyan Bhavan was used for a non-government programme.
