BJP president J P Nadda alleged on Sunday that opposition parties are forming an alliance to “protect” their dynastic politics and that the Congress-led UPA stands for “utpidan, pakshpat and atyachar” — oppression, favouritism and atrocities.

The proposed coalition of the opposition parties is not a “Patriotic Democratic Alliance”, but a “Protection of Dynasties Alliance”, Nadda said.

Calling the Congress a party of “mother-son-daughter”, he said its government in Rajasthan is setting new records of corruption and has no right to stay in power even for a minute

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Addressing a rally after launching the BharatiyaJanata Party’s (BJP) “NahiSahega Rajasthan” campaign, Nadda targeted the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and said, “The UPA of the Congress stands for ‘utpidan, pakshpat and atyachar’, whereas the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government led by Prime Minister NarendraModi is working with the mantra of ‘sabkasath, sabkavikas, sabkavishwas and sabkaprayas’.” He said these days, the opposition parties have started saying a new thing — PDA or the Patriotic Democratic Alliance.

“I call the PDA the Protection of Dynasties Alliance…. It is a way to protect dynastic politics.

“All these people have joined the alliance to protect their families, while Modi works to take the country forward. We should understand the difference,” the BJP chief said.

After more than a dozen opposition parties resolved to take on the ruling BJP unitedly in the 2024 LokSabha polls at a meeting in Patna last month, some reports claimed that their proposed coalition could be called the “Patriotic Democratic Alliance”.

Taking names of the Janata Dal (United) and Samajwadi Party (SP), Nadda said these are parties led by dynasts and they cannot give anything to each other.

He termed the Congress a party of “mother-son-daughter” and said except the members of the Gandhi family, all other leaders of the party, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, are on “contract”, while former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot is on a “sub-contract”. Nadda launched the BJP’s poll campaign — “NahiSahega Rajasthan” — to oust the Congress from power in the desert state. The Assembly polls are due in Rajasthan by the year-end