NEW DELHI: Dr. Shashi Tharoor MP stated that unity against BJP is important and the smaller parties should not be seen as any less. Congress should be ready to give the leadership of the opposition to local parties. If I was in the leadership position of Congress, I would have given the post of convenor of the opposition alliance to the smaller parties in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Tharoor added.

It will be difficult for the BJP to get a majority in the 2024 general elections. The present unity in the opposition is surprising and welcomed. Now the leaders of the opposition parties have come to the realization that if they do not support Rahul, the central government may come after them to seek revenge. We are the only opposition party with an objective of national vision, said Tharoor. He also stated that Congress and BJP will be competing face-to-face in about 20 seats.

Tharoor's statement is out at a time when the Congress was keen to take the leadership of the opposition alliance, putting the leadership in trouble. Tharoor is a leader who has good relations with regional parties like Trinamool Congress and DMK. Trinamool Congress tried to cooperate with Tharoor when the Congress leadership tried to isolate him after contesting the elections for the post of President.