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.
Janata Dal-United President Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan' has said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is an anchor of opposition unity and that the name ‘INDIA’ was decided for the alliance through consensus at the meeting of 26 opposition parties in Bengaluru on Tuesday
Mehbooba Mufti said that a meeting of 26 opposition parties was held in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Attacking the BJP, she said that the ruling party is trying to subvert the Constitution, democracy, and people's rights.
After BJP and JDS questioned the propriety of asking officers to serve leaders attending a political event, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the assignments were according to the protocol.
While speaking on the same, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi chief Thol Thirumavalavan said that the name was proposed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The first opposition meeting which was held in Bihar’s Patna on June 23 saw the participation of 16 political parties, while the second meeting, convened in Karnataka’s Bengaluru, concluded with the participation of 26 parties.
The second and concluding day of the opposition unity meeting in Bengaluru was held, with 26 like-minded parties closing ranks with a common aim of taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party in the next year's Lok Sabha polls.
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.
The second and concluding day of the opposition unity meeting in Bengaluru is set to begin here on Tuesday, with 26 like-minded parties closing ranks with a common aim of taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party in the next year's Lok Sabha polls.
Talking to ANI, Naqvi said, "Earlier Congress used to be against alliances but Modi ji has always been in favour of them...That is why NDA continues to grow...Everybody knows that PM Modi has worked for the welfare of all sections of society".
A Janata Dal (United) leader on Monday said that the BJP has begun to get afraid seeing the unity among opposition parties even as the Congress appreciated the Aam Aadmi Party's decision to take part in the Opposition meeting in Bengaluru hosted by it.