The Hindi tagline means “India will win” and is likely to be replicated in several regional languages, sources said.
During the meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday, several leaders felt that the word “Bharat” should feature in the name of the alliance, it is learnt. “It was decided that it would feature in the tagline,” a senior leader said. According to sources, the coinage of the tagline was a result of a joint effort by several leaders.
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NDA to face competition from INDIA: Opposition likely to name their alliance Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance
Congress from its official Twitter handle tweeted, “Judega Bharat, Jeetega India.” In a tweet on Tuesday, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh had said, “The essential message of the Bharat Jodo Yatra: Judega Bharat. The essential message of the Bengaluru conclave of 26 political parties: Jeetega INDIA.”
Announcing the name of the opposition bloc at a presser in Bengaluru after a nearly four-hour-long meeting of the 26 parties, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said, “We’ll fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections unitedly and we will come out with great success.”
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