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NEW DELHI: The members of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), seems to have buried the hatchet as parleys are in progress to finalise a convenient date to hold the meeting of the coalition partners as per the availability of top leaders.
The Congress called off the Wednesday meeting, which was apparently scheduled without consultation with coalition partners. Instead, parliamentary party leaders of the alliance members held a meeting at the residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday evening. However, leaders of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SS-UBT) were not present.
Kharge and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi chaired the meeting, Congress whip in Rajya Sabha Syed Naseer Hussain told media persons after the meeting. Hussain said that several issues including the upcoming bills in Parliament and the behaviour of the government were also deliberated upon.
According to Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena-UBT, the next meeting of INDIA parties may take place on December 16 or 18. On Tuesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Yadav said that the members of the opposition’s coalition will hold a meeting on December 17.
In an apparent snub to Congress for ignoring INDIA bloc members during recently concluded assembly elections, TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday had expressed inability to attend the meeting.
Banerjee, speaking to the media persons at Kolkata airport before setting out on her six-day North Bengal tour, said that she would attend the Opposition bloc’s next meeting, but added that the alliance partners should be informed at least 7-10 days in advance.
Will definitely attend next INDIA bloc meet: NitishBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday put all speculations about him not attending the INDIA bloc meeting to rest, by saying that he would definitely take part in the next meeting. He also opted himself out of the race to be Prime Minister. “I had expressed my inability to attend INDIA bloc’s meeting in New Delhi as I was down with fever at that time,” Kumar told the media. Follow channel on WhatsApp
NEW DELHI: The members of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), seems to have buried the hatchet as parleys are in progress to finalise a convenient date to hold
the meeting of the coalition partners as per the availability of top leaders.
The Congress called off the Wednesday meeting, which was apparently scheduled without consultation with coalition partners. Instead, parliamentary party leaders of the alliance members held a meeting at the residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday evening. However, leaders of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SS-UBT) were not present.
Kharge and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi chaired the meeting, Congress whip in Rajya Sabha Syed Naseer Hussain told media persons after the meeting. Hussain said that several issues including the upcoming bills in Parliament and the behaviour of the government were also deliberated upon.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
According to Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena-UBT, the next meeting of INDIA parties may take place on December 16 or 18. On Tuesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Yadav said that the members of the opposition’s coalition will hold a meeting on December 17.
In an apparent snub to Congress for ignoring INDIA bloc members during recently concluded assembly elections, TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday had expressed inability to attend the meeting.
Banerjee, speaking to the media persons at Kolkata airport before setting out on her six-day North Bengal tour, said that she would attend the Opposition bloc’s next meeting, but added that the alliance partners should be informed at least 7-10 days in advance.
Will definitely attend next INDIA bloc meet: Nitish
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday put all speculations about him not attending the INDIA bloc meeting to rest, by saying that he would definitely take part in the next meeting. He also opted himself out of the race to be Prime Minister. “I had expressed my inability to attend INDIA bloc’s meeting in New Delhi as I was down with fever at that time,” Kumar told the media. Follow channel on WhatsApp
