Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday met with his Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin in the national capital ahead of the meeting of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A. bloc. Earlier on Monday, the Aam Aadmi Party national convener met West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Following Kejriwal's meeting with Stalin, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said that the main focus of their meeting was on strengthening the INDIA bloc, reported PTI.
"The focus of the meeting was to find solutions to unemployment and inflation. We need to come together," he said.
On being asked about Kejriwal receiving a summon by the Enforcement Directorate for appearing before the agency on December 21, he said their legal team would reply to the notice.
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"Everyone knew that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will leave for Vipassana today and it was pre-scheduled. The legal team will reply," he said, as per the PTI report.
A fresh summons was issued by the federal agency agaisnt Kejriwal for questioning on December 21 in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.
The Delhi CM is scheduled to attend a Vipassana meditation course from Tuesday for 10 days at an undisclosed location.
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The 28-party I.N.D.I.A bloc is set to meet for its fourth meeting at Delhi's Ashoka Hotel at around 3 pm to deliberate on a blueprint for a joint campaign, seat sharing and redrawing the strategy for taking on the BJP in the 2024 general elections after the setback in the recent assembly polls.
Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray, Lalu Prasad Yadav and several other opposition leaders have arrived in the national capital for the meeting.
The first meeting of the bloc was held in Patna in June last year. The alliance met next in Benglauru in July while the third meeting took place in Mumbai August.