Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is all set to attend the INIDIA alliance meeting to be held in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1. The gathering will also witness the unveiling of the opposition grouping's official logo, said the party's Maharashtra unit president Nana Patole on Monday. In a video posted by news agency ANI on X (formerly known as Twitter), Patole said all preparations have been made on behalf of MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi). He also said, “This meeting will give a big message to the country as the logo of the INDIA alliance will also be unveiled here on August 31."
Ahead of the third INDIA alliance meeting in Mumbai, he also said Sonia Gandhi will attend the INDIA alliance meet in Mumbai, where opposition leaders will also discuss their agenda ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, news agency PTI reported.
INDIA Bloc Meeting In Mumbai
All the main leaders of the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bloc, which has more than two dozen parties, will gather in a luxury hotel in suburban Mumbai on August 31 and September 1 to discuss and chalk out their strategies to take on the BJP in general elections next year.
The first meeting of the bloc was held in June in Patna, while the second gathering was in Bengaluru in July, where its name Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) was finalised. The grouping has been formed with the aim of taking on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2024 parliamentary polls.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the Bihar CM Nitish Kumar also confirmed that he would be attending the meet and added that there was nothing personal that he wished for. Notably, Kumar had many times denied that he wished to become the Prime Minister, saying that he was not seeking anything personal from the bloc.
In another update, the alliance will also decide on the names of the 11 members of the coordination committee that will be formed to oversee the working of the bloc. However, it is unclear if the committee coordinator/convenor will be chosen at this meeting.