Ahead of the crucial Assembly elections to four States, two ruled by the Congress, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi exuded confidence of his party winning the polls and said that in the next general elections, the INDIA bloc was fighting to save the idea of India. He was speaking here on Sunday at a conclave organised by the Pratidin Media Network. Mr. Gandhi added that the ruling BJP would be in for a big surprise in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Answering a question on his party’s preparedness for the Assembly elections, Mr. Gandhi said the Congress would win the four States. “I would say, right now, we are probably winning Telangana, we are certainly winning Madhya Pradesh, we are certainly winning Chhattisgarh. Rajasthan, we are very close, and we think we will be able to win. That is what it is looking like, and by the way, that is also what the BJP internally is saying,” he said. Mr. Gandhi said welfare schemes similar to Karnataka would be announced for these States too. He said efforts were there to defeat the BJP’s move to distract people before every election.
