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Amidst the intense political turmoil over the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh spoke to news agency PTI on Friday and rejected claims that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are an “untenable conclusion”. Referring to the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Jairam Ramesh confirmed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be ousted from power in New Delhi.
Jairam Ramesh expressed his confidence in the “Five Justices” and “25 Guarantees” announced by the Congress for its Lok Sabha Elections 2024 campaign and said that they will be the strategy and issues of the Congress to contest the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Taking a dig at BJP’s ‘Modi’s guarantee’ slogan, Jairam Ramesh said, ‘Our guarantee is not from any one person. We are giving guarantees to Congress and we are giving these guarantees on the basis of our experience.”
“Under the five ‘Nyyas’ – Youth Justice, Nari Nyay, Shramik Nyay, Kisan Nyay, and Hisdari Nyay – which were the pillars of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, there are five guarantees in each that have been announced by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, this will be our strategy and issues (in the elections),” Jairam Ramesh said.
Tiger is alive but not….
When asked about his earlier ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ statement, Jairam Ramesh smiled and said, “Tiger zinda hai, tiger zinda hi nahi hai but tiger utsuk hai, tiger mein aur bhi bhut jaan hai.”
“So, those who are saying that 2024 is a done deal are completely wrong. I will tell you what happened in 2003, Congress lost in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, it was ‘India Shining’ But Congress formed the government at the Center in 2004, so after 20 years, it will be repeated,” he said.
The comments of the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications come in the backdrop of the Lok Sabha election 2024 campaign in which the opposition Indian faction is challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA at the Centre. The elections are scheduled between April 19 and June 1 and will be held in seven phases, with results to be declared on June 4.
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Published: March 22, 2024, 09:55 PM IST
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