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New Delhi: The opposition alliance was named India – Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance – after top leaders of 26 parties met in Karnataka’s Bengaluru to chalk out a united strategy to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha. . Election. All political parties were reportedly asked to suggest names for the alliance at a dinner meeting on Monday.
In a tweet, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “We have come together to save democracy and the Constitution. With one voice, we have agreed on a name for the alliance. The new name is – Bharat – Indian National Development Inclusive alliance.”
He said that soon an 11-member coordination committee will be formed and the opposition parties are going to meet again in Mumbai, Maharashtra and the date of the meeting will be announced later.
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“The BJP government wants to destroy democracy in this country. They want to crush the Constitution. Unemployment and price rise are at their peak. They are misusing autonomous institutions against the opposition. This is a serious situation. We stand united against We will fight together, and we will succeed. India will win,” he said.
We have come together to save democracy and the Constitution. We have unanimously agreed on a name for the alliance.
New name is
India
I – Indian
N – National
D – developmental
i – inclusive
A – allianceThere will be an 11 member coordination committee…- Mallikarjun Kharge (@karge) 18 July 2023
According to sources, the name of former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has also been suggested as the chairperson of the new group. She was the chairperson of UPA 1 and 2, which was in government from 2004 to 2014.
The meeting was attended by top opposition leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, chief ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, along with party presidents and leaders of several parties. on Tuesday.
The meeting, organized by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, was attended by Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Akhilesh Yadav (SP), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena-UBT), Farooq Abdullah (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti (PDP), among others. Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), D Raja (CPI), Jayant Chowdhary (RLD) and MDMK MP Vaiko.
I am happy that 26 parties are present in Bengaluru to work unitedly.
Together we are in government in 11 states today.
BJP alone did not get 303 seats. She used the votes of her allies to come to power and then discarded them.
BJP President and his leaders… pic.twitter.com/LyEkcmQi82— Mallikarjun Kharge (@Kharge) 18 July 2023
Fifteen parties including Congress, TMC, AAP, CPI, CPI-M, RJD, JMM, NCP, Shiv Sena (UBT), SP and JDU attended the last meeting for opposition unity organized by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna. On 23 June.
The parties added this time include MDMK, KDMK, VCK, RSP, CPI-ML, Forward Bloc, IUML, Kerala Congress (Joseph) and Kerala Congress (Mani), besides Krishna Patel and Tamil ki Apna Dal (Kamerwadi). Nadu’s Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) is led by MH Jawahirulla.
The total number of opposition parties attending this meeting is around 150 in the Lok Sabha. Discussions on state-wise seat-sharing and sorting out differences between regional organizations were on the agenda during the meeting.
The opposition meeting coincides with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting convened on Tuesday in Delhi, where some new allies are likely to join the ruling BJP-led coalition.
