The Opposition meet was hosted by the Congress at a fastidiously chosen spot.
New Delhi:
Prime leaders of 26 Opposition events at the moment gathered in Bengaluru to determine on the contours of the entrance that may tackle the BJP subsequent 12 months. They agreed on a reputation — I-N-D-I-A (Indian Nationwide Developmental Inclusive Alliance).
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“NDA, BJP, are you able to problem I.N.D.I.A.?” Mamata Banerjee mentioned at a press convention after the assembly ended. “We love our motherland. We’re the patriotic folks of the nation. We’re for the nation, the world, farmers, for all,” she mentioned, including that folks — Hindus, Dalits, minorities, farmers, in Bengal, and Manipur — are underneath risk from the BJP, whose solely job is “shopping for and promoting governments”.
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge introduced that the subsequent Opposition assembly might be held in Mumbai, the place an 11-member coordination committee might be arrange. When requested who will lead the alliance, Mr Kharge mentioned {that a} Convenor might be determined on the Mumbai meting. “These are small issues,” he mentioned.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi additionally spoke on the press convention. A number of leaders had been lacking from the media interplay as they needed to rush to the airport for his or her flights again house, Mr Kharge mentioned.
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“The nation’s wealth goes to a choose few. The battle is about two totally different concepts of India. We requested ourselves who the battle is between. Not between the Opposition and BJP. The voice of the nation is being stifled. The battle is for the voice of the nation. So this identify was chosen – INDIA,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned.
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Throughout the assembly, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had mentioned his celebration wasn’t enthusiastic about energy or the Prime Minister publish. Taking goal on the BJP, he mentioned the ruling celebration’s president and celebration leaders are “working from state to state” to patch up with outdated allies. “We’re 26 events, in authorities in 11 states; BJP did not get 303 seats by itself, used votes of allies then discarded them,” he mentioned on the assembly.
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The leaders, who gathered in Bengaluru, had a dinner assembly final night to formalise the agenda for Tuesday’s closed-door talks. There’s a probability that Sonia Gandhi — who was the chairperson of UPA — might be named the President of the Entrance, and Nitish Kumar the Convenor, sources mentioned.
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In addition to Mrs Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, chief ministers MK Stalin, Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren, Mamata Banerjee and RJD chief Lalu Prasad are amongst these participating within the two-day meet. Sharad Pawar, whose celebration underwent a cut up earlier this month with the insurrection of nephew Ajit Pawar, joined the assembly at the moment.
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The dinner assembly on the Taj West Finish Lodge final night noticed Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi seated subsequent to one another. They’d a one-on-one dialog earlier that lasted nearly 20 minutes, delaying the start of the meet, sources mentioned.
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The meet is being hosted by the Congress at a fastidiously chosen spot. The Congress victory within the latest Karnataka meeting election has not solely galvanised the opposition, but in addition positioned the celebration in a commanding place.
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Underneath the management of Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress has, nevertheless, saved a low profile, reiterating that it desires to listen to the concepts of different leaders. Its help to Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Occasion on combating the Central Ordinance in parliament has additionally projected its willingness to be a staff participant.
