This election is crucial to save our constitution: INDIA bloc party workers

With ldquoJai Maharashtrardquo chants the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA party workers on Thursday afternoon marched along with the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT Mumbai North West candidate Amol Kirtikar for filing his nomination for the Lok Sabha elections 2024The Congress candidate from Mumbai North seat Bhushan Patil too filed his nomination on Thursday at the Bandra Collectorate in MumbaiThousands of people rallied in support of the INDIA bloc and Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 resulting in prolonged traffic congestion in the surrounding neighbourhoods of Kherwadi Kalanagar and Gandhi Nagar in Bandra East in MumbaiBhavna Jain a spokesperson and general secretary of Maharashtra Congress said ldquoThis election is very crucial We have gathered here to fight against peaking inflation unemployment amongst youth and the everwidening divide between Hindus and Muslims under the rule of BJPrdquoAlso Read Shrikant Shinde Hemant Godse Bharati Pawar file their nominationsAs the the MVA candidates marched towards filing their nominations the party workers were seen holding flags and the party symbolsPoonam Avirkar a supporter of the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena faction pointed out that the biggest concern among people is the threat that the BJP will amend the constitution if it wins the election this timeOn March 30 BJP candidate Jyoti Mirdha contesting from Nagaur Rajastan was heard saying ldquoDesh ke hit mein kai kathor nirnay karne padhte hain Unke liye humein samvidhanik badlav karne padhte hain Several tough decisions need to be taken in the countryrsquos interest and for that we have to make constitutional amendmentsAnother BJP MP Anant Hegde has also reportedly said that ldquoif we get 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections we will change the constitutionWith an increasing number of BJP candidates allegedly advocating for constitutional amendments concern about losing their rights has spurred individuals from distant corners of the state to come together in unityAdivasis from Aarey Colony in Mumbai also joined the rally outside Chetana College in a bid to extend their support to the antiBJP allianceAlso Read PM Modis speeches not based on facts and reality says Sharad PawarBringing focus back to unemployment and lack of education a leader of Mumbai Adivasi Congress questioned ldquoThere is Goods and Services Tax GST being charged even on school books ndash what will Adivasis studySupporters of the INDIA bloc appeared vehemently opposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi securing another term in office When questioned about their stance on Modis efforts to forge international relations a woman supporter of the INDIA Alliance supporter who attended the rally in Bandra east remarked These relations have helped his business colleagues and not Indians PM Modi should firstly prioritise the wellbeing of his own countrys citizens before enhancing Indias relations with other nationsSwapnil Waghmare Leader at Yuva Senas Solapur unit told this reporter ldquoWe have come together today to send a clear message to the BJP The ruckus caused by their misuse of the Enforcement Directorate will be addressed proportionallyrdquoA recent report by Indian Express revealed that between 2014 and September 2022 121 prominent leaders came under ED radar 115 of them Opposition leaders the list has grown since Expanding on these allegations a supporter of the Aam Aadmi Party remarked that the arrest of Delhis Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate is the peak example of dictatorship that our country is reeling under ldquoWe are fighting to safeguard constitutional bodies as wellrdquo he added