The Congress president said in a rally at Raipur that this will be the last election for the country if the BJP comes to power again in the 2024 parliamentary elections source says. After this statement, a source says that almost all constituents of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance and think tank of the Congress party feel that Kharge should contest from Varanasi, Saharanpur, or Nagina. Leaders opined that this would help consolidate the SC and Dalit votes in favour of the alliance source says. Alliance leaders feel that he is a mature, soft-spoken but firm, very senior politician of the country, and his stature will surely put the BJP candidates opposed to him in the very difficult task of making him lose, a source says. Contesting against the PM from Varanasi will downplay the Ram Janmbhumi temple issue on which the BJP is riding high source says.