Sharad Pawar to attend joint opposition meeting in Bengaluru tomorrow

New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will not participate in the first day of the two-day joint opposition meeting to be held in Bengaluru from Monday, the party said. However, Mahesh Bharat Taapsee, Maharashtra spokesperson of NCP’s Sharad Pawar faction, said the senior Pawar would attend the meeting on Tuesday, the second day of the meeting. In a tweet, Tapase said, “National President @NCPSpeaks @PawarSpeaks Saheb and Working President @Supriya_Sule will attend the meeting of opposition parties to be held in Bengaluru on Tuesday, July 18.”

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut also said, “Pawar will attend the meeting in Bengaluru tomorrow morning.” “The Bengaluru meeting that will unfold today after the Patna meeting will be decisive. The meeting will be attended by Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray. There was confusion whether Sharad Pawar would attend the meeting or not. Pawar will attend the meeting tomorrow in Bengaluru ” Morning. I am saying this with certainty. We are all one!,” Raut said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, large posters and banners are seen on Bengaluru’s Race Course Road welcoming leaders of various opposition parties for a joint opposition meeting at the Taj West End hotel in the Karnataka capital. In preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leaders of at least 26 opposition parties will converge at a hotel in Bengaluru on July 17-18 as part of their efforts to present a united front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre. ,

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According to the tentative schedule, Congress general secretary in-charge of communication Jairam Ramesh and Congress general secretary KC Venugopal will hold a joint press conference at 11 am on Monday. All opposition leaders will reach for the afternoon meeting. An informal meeting has been held at 6 pm followed by dinner at 8 pm. On July 18, the meeting will start at 11 am and will continue till 4 pm.

This will be followed by a press conference in which the campaign strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections may be announced. The first major meeting of the opposition was called by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on 23 June. In the meeting, opposition heavyweights including Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee brainstormed the roadmap for the anti-BJP front for next year’s Lok Sabha elections. ,