INDIA Mumbai Meet highlights: ‘Next Oppn meeting in Delhi,’ says NCP's Supriya Sule

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Taking a swipe at the meeting of the opposition bloc INDIA here, Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale on Friday said all those who indulged in scams have come together and asserted the Mahayuti will win all 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.

The Mahayuti primarily comprises the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Maharashtra minister Uday Samant taking a swipe at INDIA alliance in Mumbai on Friday said the INDIA alliance did not even decide the face of their PM candidate from the meeting.

Uday Samant had held a press conference along with Member of Parliament for Mumbai South Central, Rahul Shewale where he talked about the INDIA alliance's 3rd meet in Mumbai.

Uday Samant during the conference said, "It was only a 14-hour meeting and they took nothing from this meeting. They did not even decide on who is going to be their PM face."

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asserted that there is no conflict among the parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) alliance.

"This is an alliance not just of some 28 parties, but an alliance of 140 crore people. I have been noticing that there are forceful projections of infighting which is not there. I have attended three meetings of the alliance. I am saying with full responsibility that all meetings have been held in a very cordial atmosphere. There is no conflict," Delhi CM said.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Amid opposition bloc INDIA’s claim of having multiple options for their prime ministerial candidate, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday drew parallels between the grouping’s choices and 10-headed demon king Ravan from Ramayana.

The INDIA alliance, formed to take on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha polls, finished its third meeting, hosted by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP, in Mumbai on Friday, vowing to finalise seat-sharing in an accommodative spirit.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: “They (opposition parties) have united only for power. However, they will be exposed again in 2023 and 2024”, said Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia speaking about the INDIA alliance.

"A lot of pomp & show of the meeting takes place, it is discussed a lot but we saw that a coordination committee has been formed. It is nothing big because all the parties have their representatives in it. But there is an old saying 'Zyada Jogi, Matth Ujaad' - the same is the situation at INDIA alliance. As far as the seat-sharing is concerned, I think we can't see any solution to it. I think that by the time they find a solution, elections would have concluded," Union Minister Anupriya Patel said.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Asserting that the INDIA alliance will defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in national elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party will replicate its win in Karnataka in poll-bound Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Addressing party workers at the Maharashtra Congress office at Tilak Bhavan in Mumbai, Gandhi claimed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are “scared” of the country's oldest political outfit. “People in the media said the Congress party does not have strength, but who defeated the BJP in Karnataka?”

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: The next key meeting of the Opposition INDIA alliance will be held in the National capital, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Supriya Sule said after the conclusion of the third meet in Mumbai on Friday.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: "In the third meeting of the so-called alliance, there was no vision for the development of India, no roadmap for the upliftment of the poor, no strategy to address concerns of farmers or women and children. The most important is that there was not even an acknowledgement of the threat to India from terrorism, radicalisation and successionist forces...Their only recurrent theme is to abuse Shri Narendra Modi ji..." said BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad speaking about INDIA alliance meeting held on Friday.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asserted that it will be impossible for the BJP to win the polls if the parties unite as the INDIA alliance represents 60 per cent of India's population.

"This stage (INDIA alliance) represents 60 per cent of India's population. If the parties in the state unites it is impossible for the BJP to win. The task is to come together in the most efficient way possible," Rahul Gandhi said.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Union Minister Piyush Goyal took a dig at the INDIA alliance on Friday and said, “Ye INDIA alliance 'anda' alliance ban jayega (This INDIA alliance will become ‘anda’ alliance… They are not even able to reach a consensus as far as seat-sharing is concerned,” he said.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Speaking of the joint campaigns to be held by the INDIA alliance, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said, "Wherever no adjustment is possible, a joint campaign will not be held there. Will the Congress party give up contesting election in Kerala and handover everything to CPI(M)? It is not possible. We will go ahead on the basis of concrete situation. We believe that there will understanding on majority of the seats." 

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: "Several important decisions were taken, and sub-committees were formed in the meeting today. These sub-committees will hold separate meetings and further decide our roadmap (for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls)," said NCP leader Anil Deshmukh.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday announced that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will work under the theme 'Judega Bharat, Jeetega India' to contest Lok Sabha polls, adding that the seat-sharing arrangements for the INDIA bloc will be initiated immediately for different states.

INDIA Mumbai Meet Live: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge reach Tilak Bhavan Congress office in Mumbai after the conclusion of the INDIA alliance meeting.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: “They (joint rally of INDIA alliance) will be held soon. You will also get to know about the cities where they will be held. They will be held in all those cities where there will be electoral impact. All real electoral issues will be raised,” says Supriya Shrinate speaking about the joint rally of INDIA allaince.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: “...On the meeting of our alliance, senior leaders of the BJP used the term 'ghamandia'. This proves who is 'ghamandia'? They don't even like people coming together...I promise that we will not stop & we won't go on the wrong path...We will do everything to give a clean administration in the country...”, says NCP chief Sharad Pawar on INDIA alliance in Mumbai.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: "...People want BJP to be removed from the seat of power in the interest of the country and the future. So, the political parties are aware of this. They are responsible and very sensitive to the expectations of the people and people should not be taken for granted because there is discontent against BJP..." said CPI leader D Raja after the INDIA allaince meet in Mumbai.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: Media briefing concludes. Opposition takes decisions on coordination committee formation, seat-sharing formula.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: "Two important decisions were made in the session. First, a coordination committee will be constituted, and second, a seat-sharing formula will be discussed soon and a resolution will be brought on this," says Congress MP Rahul Gandhi post the INDIA alliance meeting.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: ‘The nexus between prime minister and a particular businessman is very very clear,’ alleged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the media briefing post the INDIA alliance meeting in Mumbai.

“I spent a week in Ladakh… the people there told me that the PM is lying about Chinese encroachment of land in Ladakh…China has encroached on India land. The people have been betrayed by the government” he said.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: 'Minorities are not safe in this country. Poverty, and unemployment are rising in the country… The country suffered because we were not united. We had always said 'Bhajpa Hatao Desh Bachao', which is now turning out to be true," says RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at the INDIA alliance press conference in Mumbai.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: "...Parties are working together unitedly. So, as a result of this, those who are at the Centre will lose. They will go away. Be assured...You (media) are captive right now. Once you are free from them, you - the press - will be liberated and you will write and speak what you think is correct. This is very important...They want to alter the history of the country. Together, we will not allow them to do this..." said Nitish Kumar addressing the media after the INDIA alliance meet.

India Alliance meeting Live Updates: "Modi government is the most corrupt government… Entire government is working only for one person," said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

“This INDIA alliance is not just an alliance of 28 parties, this is an alliance of 140 crore people of the country… Nobody is here for a post but for the country. Attempts are being made by powerful people to break our alliance,” he said.

India alliance meeting Live Updates: Members of the INDIA alliance's Coordination Committee and Election Strategy Committee include:

KC Venugopal, INC, Sharad Pawar, NCP, TR Baalu, DMK, Hemant Soren, JMM, Sanjay Raut, SS, Tejasvi Yadav, RJD, Abhishek Banerjee, TMC, Raghav Chaddha, AAP, Javed Ali Khan, SP, Lallan Singh, JD(U), D Raja, CPI, Omar Abdullah, NC, Mehbooba Mufti, PDP, CPI-M to give name later