In a boost to the prospects of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra,  an organisation of Dalits “Bhimshakti” on Saturday  extended support to the Congress and MVA candidates in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Announcing his party’s support to the Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP (Sharad Pawar), Bhimshati chief and Rajya Sabha member Chandrakant Handore said that his organisation had decided to throw its weight behind the INDIA Bloc candidates to “defeat” the BJP’s intent to re-write Constitution if it returned to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.  

 “If the BJP is eyeing 400-plus seats in the Lok Sabha polls, its clear motive is to change the Constitution drafted by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and work to achieve the RSS’ agenda of creating a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ in its upcoming centenary year (1925),” Handore said.

“Bhimshakti will fully support all the MVA candidates and attempt to defeat the sinister agenda of the BJP-RSS combine in the highest number of seats in Maharashtra,” he said.

“As the people and Ambedkarites it is our principal responsibility to help save the Constitution and democracy which is under threat. The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has raised awareness of this through the Bharat Jodo Yatra and Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the past two years,” Handore said.

Handore said that his organisation activists and MVA workers would go door to door in the villages, towns and cities to make people aware of the BJP’s conspiracy and call upon them to preserve the Constitution.

The meeting, where Handore announced his organisation’s support to Congress and other MVA candidates at an online event addressed by AICC General Secretary Ramesh Chennithala and state Congress leaders, urged the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar to join hands with the MVA-Bhikshakti combine in this endeavour.