Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that the Congress is not interested in the post of Prime Minister or the trappings of power. He added that the grand old party intends to gain power not for itself but to protect constitution, democracy, secularism and social justice.
Kharge was quoted as saying “I had already said in Chennai, on MK Stalin’s birthday, that Congress is not interested in power or the post of Prime Minister.
Our intention in this meeting is not to gain power for ourselves. It is to protect our constitution, democracy, secularism and social justice”.
He further said that 26 parties are present at the Opposition meeting while adding they are in power in 11 states as of now. Kharge also took a jibe at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said the BJP did not get 303 seats on its own.
He said: “The BJP did not get 303 seats by itself. It used the votes of its allies and came to power and then discarded them. Today, the BJP president and their leaders are running from state to state to patch up with their old allies”.
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