Opposition Meet in Bengaluru: Leaders of 24 Events Invited, Sonia Gandhi to Attend
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Final Up to date: July 12, 2023, 23:03 IST
Congress Parliamentary Get together chairperson Sonia Gandhi. (File picture/PTI)
Leaders of 24 non-BJP events have been invited for the meet on June 17 and 18, the primary version of which noticed the participation of 15 events
The opposition grouping to tackle the BJP within the subsequent Lok Sabha polls is ready to broaden with extra events becoming a member of in on the second unity assembly being convened by the Congress subsequent week in Bengaluru.
Leaders of 24 non-BJP events have been invited for the meet on June 17 and 18, the primary version of which noticed the participation of 15 events.
Congress Parliamentary Get together chairperson Sonia Gandhi can also be anticipated to attend a dinner assembly on July 17 the place leaders of those events shall be current.
There shall be a extra structured formal assembly the subsequent day, the place the opposition entrance would additional strategise its plans to tackle the BJP within the subsequent Lok Sabha polls. Sonia Gandhi may additionally attend the assembly.
Sources mentioned the opposition leaders could transfer ahead on the formation of a sub-committee to ideate a joint agitational plan on key points and chalk out additional programmes of unity.
In line with them, the MDMK, KDMK, VCK, RSP, Ahead Bloc, IUML, Kerala Congress (Joseph) and Kerala Congress (Mani) are among the many political events that may be part of the second opposition assembly.
A senior opposition chief mentioned he has obtained an invitation from the Congress president to attend the dinner assembly adopted by a proper assembly the subsequent day.
The 24 opposition events have collectively round 150 Lok Sabha members at present and are in search of to broaden their base.
Opposition events are more likely to deliberate on a broad plan for his or her unity efforts, the place they intend to place up one frequent candidate in opposition to the BJP throughout the nation, sources mentioned.
The primary such assembly of opposition events was held in Bihar's Patna on June 23.
Sixteen events have been invited for the Patna assembly of which 15 had attended. RLD's Jayant Chaudhary couldn't attend because of a household operate.
The Aam Aadmi Get together has additionally been invited for the Bengaluru assembly. The Kejriwal-led outfit had requested the Congress to make its stand clear on the Delhi Ordinance earlier than the subsequent assembly.
The AAP had mentioned that if the Congress didn't publicly help it on the Ordinance difficulty, it could not attend the subsequent assembly.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar mentioned on Monday, "A gathering of leaders of all opposition events (within the nation) shall be held on July 17 and 18, as already introduced.
"All of the leaders are going to come back. Mallikarjun Kharge (AICC president) has requested Sonia Gandhi to take part on this assembly. We now have acquired a message that she shall be collaborating on this assembly," the Congress chief mentioned.
Whereas saying the dates of the opposition assembly, Congress basic secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal mentioned, "We're steadfast in our unwavering resolve to defeat the fascist and undemocratic forces".
"After a massively profitable all-opposition assembly in Patna, we shall be holding the subsequent assembly in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18. We're steadfast in our unwavering resolve to defeat the fascist and undemocratic forces and current a daring imaginative and prescient to take the nation ahead," Venugopal had mentioned.
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