Amid speculations around the seat-sharing formula that is to be adopted by the INDIA partners, National Conference (NC) patriarch Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the focus, for now, was for the Opposition bloc to secure a majority in next year's Lok Sabha elections.
As the race for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls hots up, top Opposition leaders from at least 26 INDIA parties will meet in Mumbai for its third meeting and on the same day, there is a joint meeting of the NDA alliance in the same city.
Citing evidence to support her argument, Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) sole agenda is to spread animosity and the results of which were seen in Karnataka Assembly polls as BJP was defeated.
It all started after reports suggested Nitish Kumar had raised "objections" over the name of the National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or I.N.D.I.A.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot requesting a probe into IAS officers' deployment at a hotel where Opposition parties meeting was held.
Notably, RPI leader Ramdas Athawale is a Minister in BJP led Government in Delhi, but the party Odisha President was among nine parties who participated in this meeting.
Talking to the media, Aaditya said, "Yesterday's meeting was crucial, everyone was united to save democracy which is in danger and India will win. This is the new voice and it is the voice of the people of the country."
Reacting to this, Sushil Modi said, "Rajgir is just an excuse...We know him for a long time. He was angry and this is why he did not attend the press conference."
Nitish Kumar said, "I am not angry about anything. I was not present in yesterday's press conference of the opposition meeting in Bengaluru because I wanted to return to Rajgir."
Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday chastised the Opposition by stating that a party's or coalition's name should not be in the name of the country.