Speaking to PTI, the RJD leader said that since Congress is India’s oldest and currently the second-biggest political party having a pan-India presence, it is in a very strong position to win maximum number of seats among the opposition parties.
"This alliance is between the 'Naamdaars'. This alliance is about nepotism, corruption, scams, negativity, instability and inequality", PM Modi said.
Accusing the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of trying to divide the nation, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief said the opposition forces were getting united to save the democracy and urged people to carefully choose who they like to go with in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said that India cannot become strong by strengthening military alone but by "connecting hearts".
Taking a jibe at the Opposition, PM Modi during his address in Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli said that while the Opposition gathering in Kolkata is aimed to save themselves, his government is working for the welfare and betterment of 130 crore Indians.
Naidu, who is in Kolkata for a mega rally of anti-BJP parties, addressed Telugu Desam Party leaders via teleconference and asked them to inform people about BJP's "vicious politics", a party release said.
When asked about the crucial Lok Sabha polls, Tharoor predicted that BJP will secure somewhere around 160 seats, much less than the 282 seats it secured during the 2014 general elections.
"Our alliance with the BSP, the RLD and smaller parties like the Nishad Party is final and seat-sharing will not be a problem. It will be worked out soon.", he said.
The BJP-led NDA alliance which won 73 seats is struggling to get even 30 seats, suggests IndiaTV-CNX Opinion Poll.
IndiaTV -CNX Opinion Poll 2019: The saffron party which won in 73 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections is struggling to get even 30 seats, according to the IndiaTV-CNX Opinion Poll
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav later visited the BSP chief and presented her with a bouquet and a shawl on her birthday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday posted a brief video on Twitter urging people to participate in the survey.
Asked what would be his party's stand regarding the Congress in Bihar in the wake of Samajwadi Party (SP)-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) combine dumping it in Uttar Pradesh, Tejashwi Yadav said: "The Congress has been with us from early on."
Soon after the formal announcement of the BSP-SP alliance on Saturday, Tejashwi had welcomed the new combination calling it a formidable alliance, which would pave the way for complete rout of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh where the saffron party is in power.
Yadav, who parted ways with SP also expressed interest to forge an alliance among all secular parties including the Congress to oust BJP from power in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.
The 20-member manifesto committee has several Union Ministers in it, including Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Piyush Goyal and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
Taking a swipe at the ‘Modi wave’ before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he said, “The Sena has seen enough ‘waves’ in its journey.”
PM Modi also accused the Congress for pushing the county into darkness during its ten years of tenure.
Launching a scathing attack on Congress, the BJP chief said that the "cancer" of casteism, nepotism and appeasement policy was its contribution, which, he said "weakened the democracy and halted development".
Addressing a press conference at the party office in New Delhi, senior Congress leader Manish Tewari said, "The fight for Lok Sabha polls will be between dictatorship and democracy."
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