Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called for opposition unity, underlining that more it is united the more difficult it will be for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to suppress this voice.
Gandhi made the remarks at a breakfast meeting he hosted at Constitution Club in Delhi. The Congress leader had invited members of 17 opposition parties to the meeting to formulate a joint strategy to take on the government over various issues.
“The single motive to invite you is that we should unite.The more this voice unites, the more powerful it will become, the more difficult it will become for the BJP and RSS to suppress this voice,” Gandhi said at the meeting.
“We should remember the foundation of unity and it is important that now we start to come up with the principles of this foundation,” he told the opposition leaders.
After the meeting, Gandhi and other opposition leaders cycled to Parliament to highlight the issue of high fuel prices.
The leaders of 15 parties, including the Trinamool Congress (TMC) which skipped the last such meeting, were present at today’s gathering. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), however, skipped it.
