“BJP, Can You Problem I.N.D.I.A.?” Mamata Banerjee After Opposition Meet

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The Opposition meet was hosted by the Congress at a rigorously chosen spot.

New Delhi:
Prime leaders of 26 Opposition events as we speak gathered in Bengaluru to resolve on the contours of the entrance that can tackle the BJP subsequent yr. They agreed on a reputation — I-N-D-I-A (Indian Nationwide Developmental Inclusive Alliance).

Listed here are prime 10 factors on this huge story:

  1. “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 individuals of the nation. We’re for the nation, the world, farmers, for all,” she mentioned, including that individuals — Hindus, Dalits, minorities, farmers, in Bengal, and Manipur — are below menace from the BJP, whose solely job is “shopping for and promoting governments”.

  2. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge introduced that the subsequent Opposition assembly shall be held in Mumbai, the place an 11-member coordination committee shall be arrange. When requested who will lead the alliance, Mr Kharge mentioned {that a} Convenor shall be determined on the Mumbai meting. “These are small issues,” he mentioned.

  3. 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 residence, Mr Kharge mentioned.

  4. “The nation’s wealth goes to a choose few. The combat is about two totally different concepts of India. We requested ourselves who the combat is between. Not between the Opposition and BJP. The voice of the nation is being stifled. The combat is for the voice of the nation. So this title was chosen – INDIA,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned.

  5. Throughout the assembly, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had mentioned his occasion wasn’t concerned with energy or the Prime Minister submit. Taking purpose on the BJP, he mentioned the ruling occasion’s president and occasion leaders are “operating from state to state” to patch up with outdated allies.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.

  6. 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 — shall be named the President of the Entrance, and Nitish Kumar the Convenor, sources mentioned.   

  7. Moreover 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 collaborating within the two-day meet. Sharad Pawar, whose occasion underwent a break up earlier this month with the riot of nephew Ajit Pawar, joined the assembly as we speak.

  8. The dinner assembly on the Taj West Finish Lodge final night noticed Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi seated subsequent to one another. That they had a one-on-one dialog earlier that lasted virtually 20 minutes, delaying the start of the meet, sources mentioned.

  9. The meet is being hosted by the Congress at a rigorously chosen spot. The Congress victory within the current Karnataka meeting election has not solely galvanised the opposition, but additionally positioned the occasion in a commanding place.

  10. Beneath the management of Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress has, nonetheless, stored a low profile, reiterating that it desires to listen to the concepts of different leaders. Its assist to Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Social gathering on combating the Central Ordinance in parliament has additionally projected its willingness to be a group participant.

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