Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took on a projected opposition alliance for the coming Lok Sabha elections, which had a jumpstart yesterday following a massive 23-party rally held in Kolkata. Accusing the opposition grand alliance of being about "corruption, negativity and instability", the Prime Minister said the rally was merely an effort to explain their inevitable defeat. "The opposition is staring at defeat in the 2019 election... they are looking for excuses and so EVMs are being vilified," the Prime Minister said at a meeting with party workers in Congress-ruled Goa today.