BJP terrified at non-NDA parties uniting: Singhvi

Congress's national spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi today said the BJP was terrified as the non-NDA parties were coming together ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

He also claimed that the allies of the saffron party were deserting it and likened the ruling party to a "sinking ship".

At a press conference here, the Congress leader said the arithmetic truth was that the BJP won elections when those were multi-cornered contests.

"We want to ensure that there is no division of votes. The coming together of (West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee and (BSP chief) Mayawati at Bengaluru for (Karnataka Chief Minister) H D Kumaraswamy's swearing-in and the alliance of the traditional rivals in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, for five bypolls are not small things.

"They (BJP) are terrified at the prospect of the non-NDA parties coming together," Singhvi said.

He claimed that the NDA allies were leaving the BJP like a "sinking ship".

Replying to a query on whether the Shiv Sena, a BJP ally which has said it would go solo in future elections, would be inducted into the anti-NDA camp, Singhvi said, "I did not name any party and I am not referring to this one."