Opposition Mumbai Meet Highlights: — Ladakhis 'Categorically Told Me That PM Is Lying': Rahul Reiterates Chinese Incursion Claim
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Opposition Parties Meeting: Hello and welcome to our live blog on the Opposition INDIA bloc meeting in Mumbai. Follow this space for all the latest updates.
Hello and welcome to breaking news live blog, please follow this space for all the latest updates and breaking news from India and around the world. Opposition leaders have started arriving in Mumbai for the third leg of the meeting of the I.N.D.I.A alliance, which was formed to jointly take on the ruling BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar said 63 representatives of 28 political parties would attend the two-day INDIA alliance meet. In the last meeting in Bengaluru, 26 Opposition parties had attended.
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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and chief ministers of half a dozen states, including Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal, will attend the Mumbai leg of the meet.
In the meeting, the Opposition will deliberate on a host of issues and unveil the grouping's logo. An eleven-member coordination committee is expected to be formed and a convenor be named at the two-day meeting.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is the front-runner for the post of convenor, sources told ABP News.
On the other hand, the Maharashtra ruling alliance of BJP, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP faction will be holding a meeting at Worli to discuss issues related to the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
From Shiv Sena, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Ramdas Kadam, Dada Bhuse and other senior leaders are likely to attend. From the BJP, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, state chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Mumbai party chief Ashish Shelar will be among other leaders in attendance.
Ajit Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel, state chief Sunil Tatkare and other senior leaders will take part in the meeting from the NCP camp.
Ladakhis 'categorically told me that the PM is lying': Rahul reiterates Chinese incursion claim
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, "I spent a week in Ladakh. I went to Pangong Lake right in front of where the Chinese are. I had detailed discussions, probably the most detailed discussion that any politician outside Ladakh has had with the people of Ladakh. They categorically told me that the Chinese have taken Indian land. They categorically told me that the PM is lying about the fact that the Chinese have not taken Indian land. Every single person in Ladakh knows that the people of India and the people of Ladakh have been betrayed by the Govt of India. There is clearly an accommodation that has happened between the Govt and the Chinese. There is clearly a change on the borders. Our shepherds themselves told us that they are not being allowed into the areas where they were allowed...It is extremely shameful what has happened in Ladakh." (ANI)
Opposition Mumbai Meet LIVE: BJP, RSS's Poison Of Hate Seen In Schoolkids Now, Says Kharge
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the communal poison that the BJP and RSS have spread over the last 9 years is now seen in hate crimes against innocent train passengers and also against innocent school children.
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I.N.D.I.A Bloc Announces 13-Member Coordination Panel
Opposition parties in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) on Friday announced the names of the members of the bloc's coordination committee. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, Bihar Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, Lallan Singh, JDU Raghav Chadda, AAP Hemant Soren, JMM Jadhav Ali Khan, SP D Raja, CPI Omar Abdullah, NC Mehbooba Mufti, PDP are all part of the 13-member panel that will take decisions to streamline the working of the Lok Sabha election alliance.
The committee will decide the national agenda, common campaign issues, and common programme outlines. The Opposition however did not name its convenor.
Should Be Prepared For More Attacks In Coming Months Due To Government's Vendetta Politics, Says Kharge In Mumbai
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that the leaders of the I.N.D.I.A bloc should be ready for more attacks, more raids, and arrests in the coming months due to this government's vendetta politics. He also said that as the alliance will gain more ground the BJP government will misuse agencies against our leaders.
"We should be prepared for more attacks in the coming months, more raids and arrests due to this government's vendetta politics. The more ground our alliance gains the more the BJP Govt will misuse agencies against our leaders. It has done the same in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bengal. In fact Last week, it was done in Jharkhand and in Chattisgarh," Kharge said.
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