As the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are inching nearer, the Opposition’s I.N.D.I.A bloc is likely to carry one other meeting between December 17 and 20 with the seat sharing settlement being the top agenda, sources stated. The date for the meeting has but not been finalised, nonetheless, will probably be held in the third week of this month. According to sources, a number of constituents of the bloc have been urgent for a speedy remaining determination on the seat sharing in numerous states in order that the candidates have ample time to marketing campaign and gauge the scenario on the bottom.
Opposition’s technique
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had held a meeting of flooring leaders of the I.N.D.I.A events at his residence on Wednesday with a give attention to parliamentary technique for each Houses.
On Thursday, TMC MP Derek O’Brien was the one INDIA bloc chief in addition to Congress’ to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. O’Brien attended the ceremony because the consultant of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was personally invited by Reddy, however couldn’t attend on account of pre-scheduled engagements.
The leaders of the TMC additionally raised the problem of seat-sharing throughout a meeting of opposition leaders held on Monday morning to resolve the technique for the Winter Session of Parliament.
Opposition’s alliance
The bloc was fashioned in Patna on June 23 when its first meeting was held in the chairmanship of Nitish Kumar. The alliance has since then held two extra conferences – in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18 and in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1. However, no agreements over the seat-sharing have been made to date. Over 25 events have come collectively on a single platform aiming to oust the ruling BJP authorities from energy on the Centre.
The upcoming meeting of the Opposition’s grand alliance comes in the backdrop of their huge loss in the three Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland states — Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — thought-about a semi-final forward of the essential remaining of the overall elections subsequent 12 months. The Opposition had exuded confidence in defeating the BJP in all three states and gaining a momentum in the run-up to 2024 polls. However, the BJP gained with a large majority in all of the three states. The Congress may solely handle to win in Telangana out of the 5 states which went to Assembly polls final month.
A meeting of the Coordination Committee of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) was held in New Delhi on September 13.
(With PTI inputs)
