“Next time, we will make Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister,” Tejashwi Yadav said with Gandhi by his side while leading the ‘Voter Adhikar Rally’ in Bihar’s Nawada
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said the opposition will work towards making Congress leader Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister in the next Lok Sabha elections, thus indicating that the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha may be the face of the INDIA bloc in the next general elections
“Next time, we will make Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister,” Tejashwi Yadav said with Gandhi by his side leading the ‘Voter Adhikar Rally’ in Bihar’s Nawada.
Asserting that the youth have also resolved to remove the “old and rickety” NDA government in Bihar, Tejashwi said the time has come for the young generation to get a chance to run the State. “The Nitish Kumar-led government has become ‘khatara’ (rickety) and needs to be urgently replaced. The young should now get a chance… We have a vision for Bihar. The youth have resolved that they will remove from power this old and rickety government, and ensure that Rahul Gandhi is the PM after the next Lok Sabha polls,” he was quoted as saying
Gandhi on Sunday began his 16-day “Voter Adhikar Yatra” from Sasaram in poll-bound Bihar.
Yatra—objectives
The main objective, of course, is to protest against alleged voter disenfranchisement via the SIR process, highlight and oppose the exercise which Congress alleges is being used to disenfranchise key communities—especially Dalits, Adivasis, minorities, and economically weaker groups—by incorrectly deleting or adding voters’ names.
Gandhi is accusing the EC and the ruling BJP of manipulating the voter list to facilitate “vote chori” and the yatra is designed to raise awareness among citizens, especially youths, farmers, workers, and marginalized groups, about their democratic rights, urging them to stay alert against attempts to violate the principle of “one person, one vote.”
The march also showcases solidarity among INDIA bloc parties. Leaders from the RJD, the CPI (ML), the CPI, the CPI(M) and others are participating, signalling collective resistance to what they view as institutional erosion of voter rights.
The yatra has mobilised allies across the INDIA/Mahagathbandhan alliance and provoked substantial reactions, including social media, whether it translates into votes is the big question.
Gandhi’s earlier yatras—Bharat Jodo Yatra and Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra—helped revive Congress’s image, and analysts attribute part of its assembly successes in Karnataka and Telangana to these mobilisations. However, electoral gains were not visible in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. The BJP has dismissed the yatra as a “circus meant more for spectacle than policy impact”
