Right from Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray to Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin, Kashmir's Mehbooba Mufti and Kalpana Soren of Jharkhand, all the speakers addressed Rahul Gandhi as their leader and spoke of his two Bharat Jodo yatras in the past months as inspiring.
The ruling BJP-led alliance has always targeted INDIA, saying it looks rudderless and leaderless. That criticism perhaps got a jolt on Sunday evening, when opposition leaders stood united and seemed to accept Rahul's leadership like never before. The ruling party might be concerned about this mainly because this could be the concrete step to seal the deal in the final phase of the prolonged 'seat-sharing' talks among the constituents of the INDIA alliance.
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