I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting: A meeting of the ground leaders of the I.N.D.I.A bloc culminated at Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in Delhi. According to the sources, the Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) skipped the meeting.
The meeting started at round 7:00 pm within the nationwide capital on Wednesday.
Around 17 events have been current within the meeting together with INC (Congress), DMK, SP, RJD, CPIM, CPI, NCP, NC, IUML, RSP, JMM, VCK, JDU, Kerala Congress (M), AAP, RLD and MDMK.
Opposition Leaders of Rajya Sabha:
1. Mallikarjun Kharge — INC
2. Pramod Tiwari — INC
3. Tiruchi Siva — DMK
4. Elamaram Kareem — CPIM
5. Dr Faiyaz Ahmad — RJD
6. Dr Ramgopal Yadav — SP
7. Vandana Chavan — NCP
8. Raghav Chadha — AAP
9. Binoy Viswam — CPI
10. Abdul Wahab — IUML
11. Vaiko — MDMK
12. Jayant Chaudhary — RLD
13. Dr. Jose Okay Mani — Kerala Congress(M)
14. Mahua Maji — JMM
15. Jairam Ramesh — INC
16. KC Venugopal — INC
17. Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain — INC
18. Rajani Ashokrao Patil — INC
19. Javed Ali Khan — SP
Opposition Leaders of Lok Sabha:
1. Rahul Gandhi — INC
2. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary — INC
3. Gaurav Gogoi — INC
4. ST Hassan — SP
5. TR Baalu — DMK
6. Hasnain Masoodi — NC
7. E.T. Mohd Basheer — IUML
8. NK Premachandran — RSP
9. Dr Thirumaavalavan Thol — VCK
10. Lalan Singh — JD(U)
11. Suresh Kodukkunnil — INC
12. D Ravikumar — VCK
Earlier at this time, amid speculations that Mamata Banerjee is prone to skip the I.N.DI.A bloc meeting on account of scheduling points, the West Bengal Chief Minister clarified, saying that the opposition leaders might be meeting shortly every time the Congress comes up with a beneficial date.
“I was not informed earlier. Only a day before yesterday, Rahul called me up and told me about the meeting. We will be meeting shortly whenever they decide,” Mamata stated earlier than leaving for her scheduled North Bengal tour on Wednesday.
Speaking about scheduling points, the Chief Minister stated that her counterparts want prior invites at least seven or ten days upfront. “Other Chief Ministers also have meetings. They need to know about the program seven days ago or 10 days ago,” she stated.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut stated that the subsequent meeting of the INDIA bloc can happen between December 16 and 18 and lots of issues together with the face of the alliance might be determined at that point.
“The I.N.D.I.A alliance meeting was supposed to be held today but some prominent leaders were not available. There is a wedding in Mamata Banerjee’s house, MK Stalin is busy with the relief operation in his flood-hit state, Nitish Kumar is not well, and Akhilesh Yadav is not available, therefore this meeting will be held on the 16th or 18th of December. The face etc. everything will be decided in the meeting. We are together and you will see its result in 2024,” Sanjay Raut stated.
Seat sharing for the Lok Sabha polls, which is simply 4 months away, is prone to be at the highest of the agenda. The subsequent I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting would even be essential for Congress, notably because the celebration misplaced Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, the Hindi heartland states that ship a lot of members to the Parliament.
Previous conferences of Opposition events:
The first meeting of the joint opposition convened in Patna on June 23 and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18. The third meeting occurred in Mumbai throughout August 31-September 1.
The I.N.D.I.A alliance had appeared on shaky floor when the Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the Congress of betrayal after the Congress failed to achieve a seat-sharing settlement for the Madhya Pradesh election. The Samajwadi Party has mellowed its stance now, celebration spokesperson Rajinder Chaudhary stated that the results within the meeting polls would strengthen the I.N.D.I.A bloc.INDIA or ‘Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance’ is a bunch of 28 opposition events, together with the Congress.
The events have come collectively to tackle the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is led by PM Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and forestall it from successful a 3rd straight time period at the Centre within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In the Mumbai meeting, the opposition events adopted resolutions to collectively contest the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections whereas saying that seat-sharing preparations could be finalised as quickly as doable by way of a spirit of give-and-take.The theme chosen by the I.N.D.I.A bloc for the elections is “Judega Bharat, Jeetega India” (India will unite, India will win) to tackle the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led authorities.
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