Senior Congress party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has given great advice to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in elections. Iyer also emphasized the solidarity of the India alliance. He said that if the BJP is to be defeated in the elections, then the India alliance will have to unite and work on it and work on it, only then the fast falling level of democracy in the country can be stopped.

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar made this statement on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) at Jawahar Bhavan on the occasion of the release of the book ‘The Disggest of India’ Sansa Democracy 1947 to 2025 at Jawahar Bhavan. He said, ‘In the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, 2019 and 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party got only one-third of the total votes. This means that the remaining two-thirds of the voters did not vote for the BJP.

This ray of hope for India alliance

He said, ‘This is a ray of hope for the India alliance because the BJP gets only one-third of the vote means that most of the Hindus have not connected the politics of Hindutva to religion or lifestyle.

Many differences in India alliance- Iyer

During this time, the Congress leader also admitted that there are still many internal differences in the India alliance, which can divide the non-BJP votes. We have seen the impact of this thing in three Lok Sabha elections between 2014 to 2024. But if the India alliance is completely united and uses the right strategy, then it is not impossible to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Congress leader claims about BJP

Apart from this, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar also made a big claim about the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He claimed that cracks have started emerging between BJP and other organizations associated with it. We should take advantage of this.

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