The Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray’s outlet Saamana has made an absurd analogy, calling the opposition coalition that attended the June 23 conference in Patna the “Wagner Group of India” and asserting that it would topple the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the center.
“The ‘Wagner Group’ gathered to oppose Modi’s authority in Patna. This group is crucial; it is not for rent. Vladimir Putin’s successor, Narendra Modi, will also have to leave office, but democratically. The ‘Wagner Group’ in Patna has provided these indicators!’ read a newspaper editorial.
Since the Wagner Group is effectively a private army of mercenaries directed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who gave orders for his forces to march on Moscow on Saturday, the parallel may backfire on the opposition parties. Later, Prigozhin made a deal to leave Russia with the Kremlin.
“On Friday, a lengthy gathering of 17 major political parties took place in Patna. There were five current chief ministers and just as many previous chief ministers in attendance. In this conference, it was determined that in the general elections of 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party will face off against Prime Minister Modi’s BJP. From a democratic perspective, this is wonderful news, the editorial said.
Home Minister Amit Shah gave this gathering his anticipated response. No matter how many opposition parties band together, according to Amit Shah, the BJP will win more than 300 seats. Opposition members gathered for a picture. It posed the question, “Who is the nation’s ‘photo lover’?”
The editorial said that organizations backing the BJP “will strike first”.
“Modi-Shah have organized a sizable contingent of mercenaries to beat the victory drum and exert pressure on the electorate. These mercenaries will engage him in combat first. Russia at the moment is a clear illustration of this. Similar to Putin, Modi-Shah is attempting to impose totalitarianism and a dictatorship. They must seize control of all national systems to do this. The hired workers who were raised around him (sic) sold the nation’s riches, it said.
What is going on in Putin’s nation right now? The “Wagner Group” army, which Putin had assembled for his own convenience, formally declared war against him. In order to overturn Putin’s autocratic administration and launch a coup d’état in Russia, his private army went to the streets. This army was moving forward to seize Moscow,” it continued.
The editorial also said that the BJP’s objective for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 had decreased by 100 seats as a result of images showing opposition leaders converging in Patna. According to the statement, Amit Shah has lowered the BJP’s objective from 400 to 300 seats in the Lok Sabha, contrary to what JP Nadda had earlier predicted.
