Under united Oppn, even Modi may lose Varanasi in 2019: Rahul

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today asserted BJP would not win the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi might lose from Varanasi under a 'united' opposition.

He predicted a "collapse" not "seen in many years" for the current dispensation and exuded confidence over roping in and managing alliance partners despite their varied personal and regional aspirations.

Gandhi was having an informal interaction with the media here on the conclusion of his sixth leg of campaign for the May 12 Karnataka assembly polls.

Pegging his confidence on opposition unity, he said far from the BJP winning the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, even Modi might lose from Varanasi if Congress, SP and BSP were united against him.

"Frankly, I don't see BJP winning the next election, so in 2019 we will go back to the normal, I sense," he said in reply to a question on "Dalit anger".

"Because there are two basic things, once opposition unity goes above a certain level, it becomes impossible to win elections. Now the opposition unity has gone to a point. It's simple," he said.

Pointing to opposition unity efforts in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and by DMK, Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party, Gandhi asked, "Where are they (BJP) going to win seats?"
And in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab. We will take it over."
Gandhi claimed that he understands UP politics, saying that when the three parties (SP, BSP and Congress) come together, "BJP will win only two seats, that too with luck."
Gandhi said the Karnataka elections was a "fight between two ideologies."