Congress current Mallikarjun Kharge was on Saturday named I.N.D.I.A bloc chief after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rejects the supply, sources mentioned. Top leaders of events of the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc held discussions on Saturday on strengthening the alliance, chalking out a method on seat-sharing and deciding whether or not to have a convenor of the grouping. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was not a part of the digital assembly as she was preoccupied with prior engagements.
According to experiences, many leaders had been of the view that Kharge ought to be named the convenor of the bloc after Nitish Kumar declined the supply.
As many as 28 opposition events have come collectively below the banner of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to tackle the BJP and defeat it within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, there are lots of points that are but to be resolved inside the alliance, together with that of appointing a convenor. Seat-sharing talks with members of the opposition bloc have additionally not been fruitful up to now attributable to claims and counterclaims on the seats, principally in West Bengal, and Punjab the place Bhagwant Mann lately claimed that AAP will win all 13 Lok Sabha seats within the state.