The first meeting of the 26-party Opposition alliance will be held on Thursday at Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge’s office, informed party sources.
Five suspected terrorists were arrested in Bengaluru on Wednesday by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for allegedly planning a terror attack in Karnataka's Bengaluru with a huge consignment of explosives and firearms, including pistols, and live cartridges.
When asked about media reports saying, "Congress is not in the race of Prime Ministerial face", TMC MP Shatabdi Roy said, "Then we would like Mamata Banerjee to be."
Lashing out at the 26-like minded parties for not inviting All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the two-day opposition meeting concluded in Bengaluru on Tuesday, party leader Waris Pathan said that the "so called" secular parties are treating them as "political untouchables".
The aircraft carrying Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi made an emergency landing in MP's Bhopal on Tuesday due to bad weather, said Bhopal police.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that the next meeting of the like-minded parties to take forward the agenda of opposition unity against the BJP will be held in Mumbai and an 11-member coordination committee will be formed.
After the meeting of Opposition parties in Bengaluru, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked whether the National Democratic Alliance would be able to challenge the newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or I.N.D.I.A.
“We will meet again in Mumbai to discuss the details on seat sharing and campaign management," Kharge said adding that a joint statement will be circulated shortly.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said at the meeting of opposition parties here on Tuesday that there are differences “between some of us” at the state level but these are not ideological and are not so big that these cannot put them behind for the sake of people
Many political leaders in the country on Tuesday expressed their condolences over the death of Former Kerala Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Omen Chandy and remembered his political legacy.