‘United We Stand’ is Opposition’s slogan as leaders start two-day brainstorming session

By PTI

BENGALURU: With a name for unity, prime leaders of 26 opposition events started essential deliberations on Monday to chalk out their joint programme aimed toward defeating the BJP within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, who have been seated subsequent to one another, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, chief ministers M Okay Stalin, Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren and RJD chief Lalu Prasad have been amongst those that attended the dinner assembly the place discussions have been held to finalise the agenda for the formal talks beginning Tuesday morning.

Sources stated NCP chief Sharad Pawar was the one chief among the many invitees not current on the assembly at Taj West End Hotel and he would arrive on Tuesday alongside along with his daughter Supriya Sule.

“It was a good meeting,” Mamata Banerjee later stated.

The leaders sat in entrance of an enormous banner with the “United We Stand” slogan, which was additionally placed on posters that dotted the streets of Bengaluru with photos of opposition leaders.

ALSO READ | Sonia, Mamata share moments collectively throughout opposition meet in Bengaluru

Among others on the assembly hosted by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah have been Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Akhilesh Yadav (SP), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena-UBT), Farooq Abdullah (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti (PDP), apart from Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), D Raja (CPI), Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) and MDMK MP Vaiko.

A heat welcome was earlier accorded right here to all of the leaders on their arrival right here for the two-day brain-storming session. The Congress and different events asserted that their assembly was setting the narrative and could be a “game changer” for the Indian political situation.

They took a swipe on the BJP, saying those that used to speak of defeating the opposition events alone at the moment are making makes an attempt to breathe new life into the NDA.

Claiming that the BJP was rattled, Congress president Kharge stated all opposition alliance companions will unitedly battle in opposition to the BJP and thwart makes an attempt to divide them.

The Opposition assembly coincides with the NDA assembly convened on July 18 in Delhi, the place some new allies are prone to be a part of the ruling BJP-led coalition.

Talks of unity however, variations amongst opposition events, particularly those that have been conventional rivals, stay and reconciling political pursuits will likely be a difficult process.

Arriving for the Opposition assembly, CPI(M) chief Sitaram Yechury dominated out any alliance with the TMC in West Bengal and stated that secular events together with the Left and the Congress will tackle the BJP in addition to the TMC within the state. Yechury, nevertheless, added that the endeavour is to scale back the break up in opposition votes and they’re going to chalk out a plan to battle collectively.

The BJP, which has been focusing on these events over their variations, on Monday referred to as it a “meeting of opportunists and power-hungry” leaders and stated such an alliance is not going to do any good for the nation at current or sooner or later.

But Congress common secretary organisation KC Venugopal stated the 26 opposition events are right here to maneuver ahead unitedly and provides an answer for folks’s issues and to deal with the issues over this “dictatorial government’s actions.”

Leaders from India’s prime opposition events meet, in Bengaluru, Monday, July 17, 2023. (Photo | PTI)

‘Leaders will start work on CMP’

Sources stated the opposition leaders will start work on a standard minimal programme and announce a joint agitational plan, apart from holding discussions on issuing a joint declaration and transferring ahead on their proposal of placing up widespread opposition candidates in a majority of the Lok Sabha seats.

Fifteen events together with the Congress, TMC, AAP, CPI, CPI-M, RJD, JMM, NCP, Shiv Sena (UBT), SP and JDU, attended the final assembly for opposition unity hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on June 23.

Among the events added this time are MDMK, KDMK, VCK, RSP, CPI-ML, Forward Bloc, IUML, Kerala Congress (Joseph) and Kerala Congress (Mani), apart from the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) of Krishna Patel and Tamil Nadu’s Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) led by M H Jawahirullah. The complete energy of the opposition events attending this assembly is round 150 in Lok Sabha.

TMC chief Derek O’Brien stated political events on the Bengaluru assembly “were clearly setting the narrative” whereas the “BJP is reacting.” He claimed that out of the NDA allies, eight shouldn’t have a single MP, 9 have one MP every and three have two MPs every.

ALSO READ | Two-thirds of India’s voters will kick BJP out in 2024: Akhilesh Yadav

Kharge took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he had claimed that he alone is sufficient to tackle the Opposition, then why was he feeling the necessity to get 30 events collectively?

Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated makes an attempt are being made to breathe new life into the NDA “which had become a ghost.”

Venugopal stated the opposition events are all united by a standard goal to guard democracy, constitutional rights and the independence of establishments on this nation. The Parliament session is beginning on July 20 and the opposition events will chalk out the technique for that additionally, he stated.

Asked who could be the chief of the alliance, Venugopal stated, “We have enough leaders, who have proved their mettle in various capacities. You don’t worry about the leader, worry about the situation in the country.” He additionally added, “We are very sure that this (meeting) is going to be a game changer for the Indian political scenario.”

Referring to his get together’s variations with the TMC, CPI(M) chief Yechury stated the state of affairs is completely different in each state. “Mamata and CPI(M) will not happen. There will be secular parties along with the Left and the Congress in West Bengal which will fight against the BJP and TMC,” the CPI(M) common secretary stated, including that on the Centre what type it will take will likely be determined later.

Yechury referred to the 2004 mannequin which introduced the Left-Congress coalition to energy on the Centre. “The effort is to ensure that in these situations the division of votes which gives BJP the advantage should be minimal. This is not a new thing. In 2004, the Left had 61 seats, out of which we won 57 defeating the Congress candidates…then the Manmohan Singh government was formed and it ran for 10 years,” Yechury stated.

The Opposition assembly comes within the backdrop of the break up within the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the violence-marred West Bengal panchayat polls.

BENGALURU: With a name for unity, prime leaders of 26 opposition events started essential deliberations on Monday to chalk out their joint programme aimed toward defeating the BJP within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, who have been seated subsequent to one another, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, chief ministers M Okay Stalin, Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal and Hemant Soren and RJD chief Lalu Prasad have been amongst those that attended the dinner assembly the place discussions have been held to finalise the agenda for the formal talks beginning Tuesday morning.

Sources stated NCP chief Sharad Pawar was the one chief among the many invitees not current on the assembly at Taj West End Hotel and he would arrive on Tuesday alongside along with his daughter Supriya Sule.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“It was a good meeting,” Mamata Banerjee later stated.

The leaders sat in entrance of an enormous banner with the “United We Stand” slogan, which was additionally placed on posters that dotted the streets of Bengaluru with photos of opposition leaders.

ALSO READ | Sonia, Mamata share moments collectively throughout opposition meet in Bengaluru

Among others on the assembly hosted by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah have been Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Akhilesh Yadav (SP), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena-UBT), Farooq Abdullah (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti (PDP), apart from Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), D Raja (CPI), Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) and MDMK MP Vaiko.

A heat welcome was earlier accorded right here to all of the leaders on their arrival right here for the two-day brain-storming session. The Congress and different events asserted that their assembly was setting the narrative and could be a “game changer” for the Indian political situation.

They took a swipe on the BJP, saying those that used to speak of defeating the opposition events alone at the moment are making makes an attempt to breathe new life into the NDA.

Claiming that the BJP was rattled, Congress president Kharge stated all opposition alliance companions will unitedly battle in opposition to the BJP and thwart makes an attempt to divide them.

The Opposition assembly coincides with the NDA assembly convened on July 18 in Delhi, the place some new allies are prone to be a part of the ruling BJP-led coalition.

Talks of unity however, variations amongst opposition events, particularly those that have been conventional rivals, stay and reconciling political pursuits will likely be a difficult process.

Arriving for the Opposition assembly, CPI(M) chief Sitaram Yechury dominated out any alliance with the TMC in West Bengal and stated that secular events together with the Left and the Congress will tackle the BJP in addition to the TMC within the state. Yechury, nevertheless, added that the endeavour is to scale back the break up in opposition votes and they’re going to chalk out a plan to battle collectively.

The BJP, which has been focusing on these events over their variations, on Monday referred to as it a “meeting of opportunists and power-hungry” leaders and stated such an alliance is not going to do any good for the nation at current or sooner or later.

But Congress common secretary organisation KC Venugopal stated the 26 opposition events are right here to maneuver ahead unitedly and provides an answer for folks’s issues and to deal with the issues over this “dictatorial government’s actions.”

Leaders from India’s prime opposition events meet, in Bengaluru, Monday, July 17, 2023. (Photo | PTI)

‘Leaders will start work on CMP’

Sources stated the opposition leaders will start work on a standard minimal programme and announce a joint agitational plan, apart from holding discussions on issuing a joint declaration and transferring ahead on their proposal of placing up widespread opposition candidates in a majority of the Lok Sabha seats.

Fifteen events together with the Congress, TMC, AAP, CPI, CPI-M, RJD, JMM, NCP, Shiv Sena (UBT), SP and JDU, attended the final assembly for opposition unity hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on June 23.

Among the events added this time are MDMK, KDMK, VCK, RSP, CPI-ML, Forward Bloc, IUML, Kerala Congress (Joseph) and Kerala Congress (Mani), apart from the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) of Krishna Patel and Tamil Nadu’s Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) led by M H Jawahirullah. The complete energy of the opposition events attending this assembly is round 150 in Lok Sabha.

TMC chief Derek O’Brien stated political events on the Bengaluru assembly “were clearly setting the narrative” whereas the “BJP is reacting.” He claimed that out of the NDA allies, eight shouldn’t have a single MP, 9 have one MP every and three have two MPs every.

ALSO READ | Two-thirds of India’s voters will kick BJP out in 2024: Akhilesh Yadav

Kharge took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he had claimed that he alone is sufficient to tackle the Opposition, then why was he feeling the necessity to get 30 events collectively?

Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated makes an attempt are being made to breathe new life into the NDA “which had become a ghost.”

Venugopal stated the opposition events are all united by a standard goal to guard democracy, constitutional rights and the independence of establishments on this nation. The Parliament session is beginning on July 20 and the opposition events will chalk out the technique for that additionally, he stated.

Asked who could be the chief of the alliance, Venugopal stated, “We have enough leaders, who have proved their mettle in various capacities. You don’t worry about the leader, worry about the situation in the country.” He additionally added, “We are very sure that this (meeting) is going to be a game changer for the Indian political scenario.”

Referring to his get together’s variations with the TMC, CPI(M) chief Yechury stated the state of affairs is completely different in each state. “Mamata and CPI(M) will not happen. There will be secular parties along with the Left and the Congress in West Bengal which will fight against the BJP and TMC,” the CPI(M) common secretary stated, including that on the Centre what type it will take will likely be determined later.

Yechury referred to the 2004 mannequin which introduced the Left-Congress coalition to energy on the Centre. “The effort is to ensure that in these situations the division of votes which gives BJP the advantage should be minimal. This is not a new thing. In 2004, the Left had 61 seats, out of which we won 57 defeating the Congress candidates…then the Manmohan Singh government was formed and it ran for 10 years,” Yechury stated.

The Opposition assembly comes within the backdrop of the break up within the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the violence-marred West Bengal panchayat polls.