Amidst talks of a grand alliance being formed to fight the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2019 general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress and the other Opposition parties, saying that "hatred for Modi is the sole gluing force for the Opposition.”
In an interview to Swarajya Magazine, which was taken on 30 June but published on Tuesday, 3 July, PM Modi dismissed that there was ‘grand alliance’ in the Opposition, instead saying that it's just a "grand race" by his rivals to become prime minister.
In the Opposition, there in no Grand Alliance, there is just a grand race to be prime minister. Mr Rahul Gandhi says he is ready to be prime minister but TMC does not agree. Mamata Ji wants to be PM but the Left has a problem. SP thinks their leader more than anyone else deserves to be PM. The whole focus is power politics, not people’s progress.PM Narendra Modi to Swarajya Magazine