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Hitting out at the opposition alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday said why they were coming together to fight him even as they claim his government was a failure.

As general elections draw closer, the tone and tenor of the Treasury benches and the Opposition in Parliament and outside are getting more and more shrill.

Taking potshots at the attempts to cobble up a mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) against the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked people to guard against this ‘mahamilavat’ (highly adulterated) dispensation.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) was emerging in the country due to the anger of people against Prime Minister Narendra Modi who failed on all fronts.

In a dig at the proposed ‘mahagathbandhan’ of the opposition parties for not disclosing its prime ministerial candidate, BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said there will a new prime minister every day of the week if the grand alliance comes to power.

The 2014 Assembly poll the BJP and the Shiv Sena fought separately. The two went their separate ways over seat-sharing, with neither party ready to accommodate the other.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has stressed that “collective leadership” is the need of the hour for the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) of opposition parties.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows no hesitation in using abusive language and making accusations against those who criticise him.

JD(U) vice-president Prashant Kishor said it will be a fight between the BJP and the (grand alliance) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as the Congress is still not strong opposition.

BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday launched his party’s Lok Sabha polls campaign in West Bengal as he scoffed at the proposed grand alliance of opposition parties as that of “greed and lust.