NEW DELHI - In India, opposition parties are banding together against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for next year's general election.
These parties were energized by a win in recently held Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and the Araria, Bhabhua and Jehanabad Assembly bypolls in Bihar.
Main opposition party, Congress chief, Rahul Gandhi said the results from the by-polls make it clear that voters are very angry at the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Congress spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said it is ready to lead any alliance of regional groups and could discuss such plans in a party conference to be held at this weekend.
The chief of another opposition party and West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjeein called the Uttar Pradesh results and victory for a regional party in another seat in neighboring Bihar state as the beginning of the end for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.