Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, 24 September, said that his party will "certainly win in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (assembly elections)".
Details: Speaking at Pratidin Media Network's Conclave, Gandhi said:
"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."
Gandhi further emphasised the Opposition's Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is working together for the upcoming elections and the "BJP is in for a surprise".
"We are adapting in a situation where the BJP controls the media. Don't think the opposition is not capable of adapting, we are adapting, we are working together, we are 60 percent of India's population. BJP is in for a surprise in 2024 (Lok Sabha polls)," he said.
'BJP Wins Elections by Distracting'
During his speech, Gandhi also claimed said, "The Congress learnt a very important lesson in Karnataka that the BJP wins elections by distracting, and not allowing us to construct our narrative and so we fought the polls constructing our party's narrative."
He further spoke about communal slurs made by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri towards Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Danish Ali.
"What you are seeing today, this gentlemen Mr Bidhuri and then suddenly Mr Nishikant Dubey, all this is the BJP trying to distract from the idea of the caste census. They know that the caste census is a fundamental thing that the people of India want and they don't want to have that discussion," Gandhi said.
"Every time we bring a point on the table, they use this type of stuff to distract us and we have learnt now how to deal with it," he added.
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