Sonia Gandhi: All parties must unite and defeat BJP

New Delhi, Feb 08: On Thursday, Congress parliamentary party (CPP) chief Sonia Gandhi said that same minded political parties must make a broad-based alliance to make sure that BJP is defeated in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

She added that after the defeat of BJP, 'democratic, inclusive, secular, tolerant and economically progressive path' will be restored in India.

"I will work with the Congress president and other colleagues in discussions with like-minded political parties to ensure that in the next election the BJP is defeated and India is restored to a democratic, inclusive, secular, tolerant and economically progressive path," she said.

"We performed very creditably under tough circumstances in Gujarat and recent by-election results in Rajasthan were huge," she said. "This shows winds of change are coming. I am sure Karnataka, too, will underline resurgence of Congress."