New Delhi: While 65 events have joined both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress-led coalition, there are not less than 11 extra — with a complete 91 members in Parliament — who’ve chosen to remain impartial for now within the high-stakes 2024 Lok Sabha elections. (*91*) of the fence-sitters rule pretty giant states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha — that collectively ship 63 members to Lok Sabha, the place the Congress or different opposition events have been pushed to the margins.
The Congress and 25 different opposition events on Wednesday unveiled the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to tackle the BJP-led NDA, which now has 39 events.
The events which might be a part of neither grouping are: YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Bahujan Samaj Party, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Janata Dal (Secular), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and SAD (Mann).
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The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), which swept the elections in Andhra Pradesh in 2019, and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which has been ruling Odisha since 2000, have largely voted in favour of the BJP-led authorities within the Parliament.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which has been ruling Telangana because it was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, had taken the lead in exploring the potential of an opposition alliance earlier this yr, however just isn’t a part of the newly shaped coalition.
Mayawati-led BSP, which has 9 members within the Lok Sabha, can also be out of the opposition alliance. The BSP, which dominated Uttar Pradesh 4 instances, has introduced it could go it alone within the Lok Sabha elections subsequent yr and the meeting elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
“We have to ensure that there is a ‘helpless’ (majboor) government and not a strong government at the Centre. Only this would ensure that the interests of the poor, dalits, adivasis, oppressed and minorities are upheld even if the BSP doesn’t come to power,” Mayawati mentioned in a press release right here.
BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik slammed the BJP for not giving ample help to the state in central schemes and has requested social gathering MPs to boost the difficulty vociferously within the Monsoon Session of Parliament starting Thursday.
Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM, which has additionally been overlooked of the opposition alliance, mentioned the social gathering was being handled as a “political untouchables”.
The AIMIM has a large presence in Hyderabad and surrounding areas in Telangana and is searching for to increase in states resembling Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka.
AIMIM spokesperson Waris Pathan took potshots on the opposition alliance contending that leaders resembling Nitish Kumar, Uddhav Thackeray and Mehbooba Mufti, who had joined palms with the BJP earlier, have been a part of the gathering in Bengaluru, however the AIMIM, which was additionally working to defeat the BJP was being ignored.
