Modi govt.wants opposition-free India, will never happen: Sharad Yadav

TIL Desk/National/Jaipur/ Rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Thursday hit out at the Narendra Modi government, alleging it wanted an opposition-free India, which, he said will never happen. He made the remarks at the third ‘Sanjhi Virasat Bachao’ convention, a platform floated by him to rally anti-BJP forces after the JD(U) under Nitish Kumar joined the NDA.

The meeting was attended by leaders of opposition parties, including CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury, Congress’ Anand Sharma and Sachin Pilot, TMC leader Sukhendu Roy and RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary.

“You (the BJP) want an opposition-free India and not a Congress-free India. But this will never happen. We will join hands to save our composite culture,” Yadav said, asserting their objective was to unite all political parties.

The leader of opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Rameshwar Dudi and Rajya Sabha MP Ali Anwar Ansari, who was suspended from the JD(U) last month, and National Conference leader Surjeet Singh also attended the event. Yadav said in the 2014 general election, people had voted “against” the NDA and the BJP as it had only 31 percent of the total vote share.