\nNew Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asked opposition parties to bury their differences to forge national unity, saying they can together reduce the BJP to 50 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
\nThe Janata Dal (United), whose office bearers are meeting here for two days, also charged the BJP-led central government with imposing an \u201cundeclared emergency\u201d in the country, \u201cmisusing\u201d probe agencies to silence opposition voices and stoking \u201ccommunal frenzy\u201d in society.
\nAddressing the party\u2019s national executive meeting, Kumar, who snapped ties with the BJP last month, claimed his only goal is to work for uniting the Opposition to unseat the saffron party from power, amid a buzz within his JD(U) that he may emerge as the prime ministerial face.
\nIf all opposition parties fight unitedly, the BJP tally will be confined to 50 seats, Kumar told a meeting of JD(U)\u2019s state executive of Bihar before its national executive meeting.
\nParty leader and Bihar Rural Development minister Shrawan Kumar told reporters Kumar has been authorised to work for uniting opposition parties and said a \u201cunited opposition under the leadership of Kumar is the need of the hour to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.\u201d A party resolution said Kumar\u2019s \u201cvision and mission\u201d behind Bihar\u2019s development have been praised in and outside India. The JD(U) leader may reach Delhi on September 5 to meet several opposition leaders, party sources said.
\nThe JD(U) also accused the ruling BJP of having \u201cauthoritarian\u201d tendencies and destabilising non-BJP governments in several states, including Delhi and Jharkhand besides Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra earlier. The no-holds-barred attack from the party came as it lost four of its five MLAs to the ruling BJP in Manipur.
\nThe meeting passed two resolutions, accusing the central government of labelling the democratic right of dissent as \u201ctreason\u201d.
\nThe resolution said the country is looking for an alternative to the BJP and asked all opposition parties to sink their differences and unite. \u201cOpposition unity is the need of the hour in national interest,\u201d it said. The party also accused the BJP of stoking a \u201ccommunal frenzy\u201d in the country.
\n\u201cMinorities are being targeted. Intolerance and extremism have increased in society. Dalits and tribals are being harassed. Emotional issues linked to religion are being raised to create tension and conflict in society as part of a conspiracy,\u201d it alleged.
\nWith Kumar targeting the BJP for not adhering to \u201ccoalition dharma\u201d, his party noted the saffron party has no longer any \u201cimportant\u201d ally.
\n\u201cThe country is passing through a crisis. The Centre has breached democratic values and constitutional norms and is inching towards authoritarianism. It is paying no attention to people\u2019s problems,\u201d it said.
\nThe JD(U) attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre over the issue of price rise and \u201crising\u201d poverty and unemployment. The economy has been weakened since demonetisation but people are being shown the dream of \u201cVishwa guru\u201d, it said.
\nNew slogans are being thrown around to divert people\u2019s attention from livelihood issues, it alleged, and also attacked the Centre for \u2018Agniveer\u2019 scheme for short-term employment in the armed forces.
\nThe Bihar party listed its reasons for snapping ties with the BJP, including the \u201cconspiracy\u201d against it in the 2020 assembly, not according special category status to the state, denying it due representation in the Union government and breaking away its legislators in some states. It also cited the Centre not agreeing to the state\u2019s demand for caste census as an issue.
\nThe JD(U) national council will meet on Sunday.
\nSenior JD (U) leader and Bihar Minister, Ashok Choudhary said, \u201cAll leaders welcomed Nitish Kumar\u2019s decision to snap ties with BJP-led NDA. It was also unanimously decided that the party will not allow BJP to destroy the communal harmony and dignity of the Constitution.\u201d Party general secretary Afaque Ahmad Khan accused the BJP of spreading \u201chatred\u201d and said Kumar can work to bring together people from diverse backgrounds to fight against the wrong policies of the BJP government.<\/p>\n
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