The Mega Opposition is believed to have been strengthened by the rally held in Jantar Mantar, where leaders from major Opposition parties met and rallied against the BJP led central government ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The New Leam Staff
On 13th February, the Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal welcomed a series of opposition leaders from prominent regional parties, for a rally at the Jantar Mantar. The large number of leaders who made themselves present at the rally, talked about strengthening the power of the Opposition and collectively beating the Modi government in the upcoming parliamentary elections, 2019.
The rally displayed the coming together of the Opposition parties and sent a strong message to the Central government about the significance of the unity of the Opposition. The primary agenda of most of the speeches made during the rally were a call to end the BJP regime and caution the Opposition of the significance of coming together and fighting the Central government. The really has come to be organised roughly three weeks after the same kind of rally was organised in Kolkata by Mamta Banerjee.
The rally at Kolkata also saw the similar display of strength by the Opposition on January 19th. Huge posters of B.R. Ambedkar and posters against the present regime were used to cover the venue of the really. While leaders of the Left parties such as Sitaram Yechury and D. Raja spoke of the current government being anti-constitutional and undemocratic, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suggested that her fight with Congress will remain limited at the state level but for the Parliamentary elections of 2019, she is ready to join hands.
She also condemned the government for spending on statues and upon building a party office as it continued to neglect the real needs of the nation. Other important leaders present at the really including SP’s Ram Gopal Yadav, AAP’s Sanjay Singh, NCP’s Sharad Pawar and JD(U) Chief Sharad Yadav.
The ‘Remove Dictatorship Save Democracy’ rally organised at the Jantar Mantar had been attended by a large number of Opposition leaders and marks the begging of the launch of the Opposition’s mobilisation before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 2019.
It is being argued by political analysts that right before the p[polls, this rally will contribute to the bringing together of the Opposition and firming up the Mahagathbandhan( grand alliance) that is made to challenge the NDA government.
