Rahul Skirts ‘PM Pick’ Debate But 2024's ‘United Oppn Kingdom’ is Easier Said than Done - News18

“That’s not even up for discussion…that’s a distraction and I don’t want to get into it.” This is how Rahul Gandhi skirted a question in London on whether he will be the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024 against Narendra Modi. Senior Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien, in a piece in ‘The Indian Express’ titled ‘How To Defeat the BJP in 2024’, has said that the opposition must convert Lok Sabha poll into an aggregate of state elections and let those parties take the lead in states where they are strong. Senior Congress leaders have already rubbished the theory that the Congress could contest only on about 200 Lok Sabha seats in the next elections and leave the rest for opposition partners. Gandhi said in London that every opposition party agreed with the central idea of his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, but opposition leaders like Akhilesh Yadav and Nitish Kumar skipped attending it. #MallikarjunKharge relying on Opposition Unity for 2024?We wanted a debate on the alternative politics of this country: @RSRBRS, BRS We’ve seen how #Congress is falling like a house of cards: @SantanuSenMP, TMC @ShivaniGupta_5 #PlainSpeak pic.twitter.com/2WN51RpDsD — News18 February 22, 2023 RAHUL’S CASE Gandhi, meanwhile, claimed in London that there is an “undercurrent of anger” against the Modi government and said unemployment, concentration of wealth and price rise are the issues on which the “larger opposition” should contest the next general elections.