Modi will be defeated in 2019 like Vajpayee was in 2004, says Sitaram Yechury

The Opposition will declare its prime ministerial candidate only after the 2019 Lok Sabha election, general secretary of Communist party of India - CPI - Sitaram Yechury said on Monday. Manmohan Singh remained India's prime minister for the next 10 years without a break," Yechury said, adding that the result in 2019 will be the same as 2004-BJP's defeat. The Opposition will name its PM candidate after 2019 Lok Sabha polls" Pre-poll alliance in states, post-poll in Centre Speaking about the Opposition's strategy to counter the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Yechury said Opposition parties will form an alliance only after the 2019 Lok Sabha election. When asked about his participation during the grand Opposition meeting in New Delhi on December 10 where Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was also present, Yechury said, "I attended the meeting because it was aimed at understanding and discussing how the anti-BJP votes can be saved.