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Opposition meet highlights: Key dinner meeting concludes in Bengaluru
Bengaluru Opposition meeting highlights: 26 ‘like-minded’ Opposition parties will gather in Bengaluru, Karnataka for a two-day key meet starting Monday.
Bengaluru Opposition meeting highlights: At least 26 ‘like-minded’ political parties gathered in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Monday, for the second high profile Opposition unity meeting, to decide their strategy to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The agenda of this meeting include setting up of a sub-committee for drafting the common minimum program and communication points for the alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and also to discuss the process for decision on seat sharing on a state to state basis....Read More
After the meeting concluded, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that like-minded opposition parties will closely work together to foster an agenda of social justice, inclusive development and national welfare. “We want an India which is governed by Constitutional principles of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity,” he said.
DK Shivakumar on oppn meet
PM has accepted that he cannot take on Opposition unity: Khera
PM has accepted that he cannot take on Opposition unity, he also needs support of 38 parties: Cong spokesperson Pawan Khera on NDA meet
‘Desperate to gain power...get the chair’: Former HP CM Jai Ram Thakur on Opposition meeting
The former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur, on Monday slammed the Opposition party meeting in Bengaluru and said that they are desperate to gain power and get the chair as they are out of power for almost 10 years.
He further added that even if they unite, they will not be able to face the BJP, and the BJP will come back to power and Narendra Modi will again become the prime minister.
“The opposition is trying to unite because the Congress party has been out of power for almost 10 years, and they feel that being out of power is a long time and it may not be another decade. So they are desperate to gain power and get the chair. I have full confidence that even if they unite, the BJP will form the government and Narendra Modi will become prime minister again. And even after uniting, they will not be able to face the BJP,” said Jai Ram Thakur.
Jairam Ramesh on NDA meet
Something more “substantive” will be done in oppn meeting in Bengaluru: NC leader Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday said that something more “substantive” will be done in the opposition meeting being held in Karnataka’s Bengaluru.
Abdullah reached Bengaluru to attend the two-day meeting of Opposition parties.
“This is only the second meeting. Obviously, I hope that something more substantive will be done in this meeting because the last meeting was just the beginning. We wanted to see how many parties are attending, and what their individual points of view are. This is the second in the series of meetings, we need to have something more substantive,” he said while talking to the reporters.
The main meeting is tomorrow: Pawan Khera
"The main meeting is tomorrow. We will brief you tomorrow, let the formal meeting take place," says Congress leader Pawan Khera after attending the opposition's dinner meet in Bengaluru.
The meeting started with a good signal and it would be the end of BJP in 2024: BK Hariprasad
DMK is interested in uniting all the opposition parties: TKS Elangovan
DMK TKS Elangovan says, "DMK is interested in uniting all the opposition parties. The main thing is that we don't want BJP because they are working against the Constitution. They want to kill this Constitution...We take pride in our unity and diversity that is why we are united. BJP doesn't know politics. They never use their brain."
Opposition leaders' dinner meeting concludes in Karnataka's Bengaluru
Like-minded opposition parties shall closely work together to foster an agenda of social justice: Kharge after meeting
Lalu Prasad is cleverest of them all: BJP's swipe at Oppn meet
National Democratic Alliance is only in name, alleges CPI-M leader Brinda Karat
Communist Party of India (Marxist) politbureau member Brinda Karat on Monday alleged that it is not just a question of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) numbers because NDA is the ruling alliance and NDA is only in name and its partners used to save Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.
Speaking to ANI on NDA meeting on July 18 in Delhi, Karat said that NDA is only in name. NDA's partners are only used to save Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. NDA's partners have nothing in collective debate and any collective decision making, she said.
Lawlessness prevails in Bengal, TMC misusing power of democracy: Sonowal
Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress of "misusing" the power of democracy in West Bengal, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday claimed that "lawlessness" prevails in the state, which witnessed violence allegedly related to the recently held panchayat polls.
Sonowal, the shipping minister, asserted that his party BJP will continue to fight against undemocratic practices.
"There is lawlessness in West Bengal. There is no democracy. They (the TMC government in Bengal) are misusing the power of democracy. The BJP is always working hard to promote the value of democracy.
Opposition parties’ dinner meeting underway in Karnataka's Bengaluru
The Opposition parties’ dinner meeting is underway in Karnataka's Bengaluru with leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, MK Stalin, Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, and others.
Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah received RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and party leader-Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav at the venue of the Opposition dinner meeting in Bengaluru.
They also received Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and AAP MP Raghav Chadha at the venue of the Opposition meeting.
'Law will take its own course': J P Nadda on corruption allegations against allies
Law will take its own course, BJP president J P Nadda said on Monday amid the Opposition's criticism of his party for joining hands with a faction of NCP leaders some of whom were accused of corruption by the BJP.
However, he defended the alliance asserting if someone wants to join a "movement" and stand with the BJP's ideological commitment, then "we will move together".
Recap: "After Narendra Modi became PM, economic condition of country destroyed," Siddaramaiah slams BJP
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, the economic condition of the country was destroyed.
Talking to the reporters ahead of the two-day joint Opposition meeting, Siddaramaiah said, "BJP is the party which destroyed the economy of the country, not Opposition parties. After Narendra Modi became PM, the economic condition of the country was destroyed, prices were raised, farmers poor are in distressed condition and because of communal issues people are living in scary situations."
'Please do not edit Mamata’s picture like…': BJP's jibe ahead of Opposition meet in Bengaluru
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday took a jibe at the West Bengal archrivals CPI(M) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the key opposition meeting in Bengaluru, triggering a political slugfest. Posting a purported clip from CPI(M)'s mouthpiece ‘Ganashakti’, BJP leader Agnimitra Paul asked the Left party not to ‘remove’ its rival TMC chief Mamata Banerjee’s picture after the opposition meeting. Read more
Opposition leaders' dinner meeting gets underway in Karnataka's Bengaluru
Opposition leaders' dinner meeting gets underway in Karnataka's Bengaluru
Opposition dinner meeting begins
Opposition dinner meeting begins in Bengaluru- MK Stalin, Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar, Hemant Soren, Bhagwant Mann and Lalu Prasad Yadav among those present
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with AAP MP Sanjay Singh arrives at the venue of the Opposition meeting
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with AAP MP Sanjay Singh arrives at the venue of the Opposition meeting in Bengaluru, received by Karnataka CM & Congress leader Siddaramaiah, deputy CM DK Shivakumar and party leader KC Venugopal, in Bengaluru
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar arrives for Opposition dinner meeting
JD(U) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar arrives for Opposition dinner meeting in Bengaluru, Karnataka
AAP MP Raghav Chadha arrives at the venue of the Opposition meeting
AAP MP Raghav Chadha arrives at the venue of the Opposition meeting in Bengaluru, received by Karnataka CM & Congress leader Siddaramaiah, deputy CM DK Shivakumar and party leader KC Venugopal, in Bengaluru
