Those who award freedom should welcome the pledge of unity by 19 parties: P Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said those who put freedom above every right should welcome the unity pledge made by 19 political parties and supported by the Samajwadi Party. Chidambaram’s remarks came a day after leaders of 19 opposition parties announced that they would hold joint protests across the country from September 20 to 30, and urged people to save India for a better tomorrow.

After a virtual meeting of opposition parties, where they insisted on moving forward unitedly to defeat the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the leaders also placed an 11-point charter of demands before the government. Referring to the development, Chidambaram said those who put freedom above every other right should welcome the pledge of unity.

Devotees and trolls will ridicule the display of unity, but they must remember the famous words of German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller. The cynics will ridicule the effort, but they will one day realize that we are fighting for the freedom of all people, including the slanderers. The former Union minister tweeted. On Friday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi urged top opposition leaders to rise above political compulsions to take on the BJP in the interest of the country and realize the “ultimate goal” of winning the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. A government that believes in the values ​​of the freedom movement and the provisions of the Constitution.