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Opposition meet Mumbai: Third INDIA alliance meeting starts today

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By ETV Bharat English Team

Published : Aug 31, 2023, 6:39 AM IST

Opposition from across the country will meet today for the all important third instalment of the INDIA alliance meet will begin with 63 representatives of 28 Opposition parties participating in the meeting being hosted by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).

The INDIA alliance, its third since inception, will start today with 63 representatives of 28 Opposition parties taking part in it. The meeting is being held at Hotel Grand Hyatt in suburban Vakola and is hosted by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). It will begin with a dinner hosted by Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray.
NCP founder Sharad Pawar addressing a press conference on the INDIA alliance meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2023.

Mumbai: The all important third meeting of the INDIA alliance will start today with 63 representatives of 28 Opposition parties taking part in it.

The meeting to be held at Hotel Grand Hyatt in suburban Vakola is being hosted by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the meeting will begin with a dinner hosted by Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray.

This is the third meeting of the INDIA alliance, which has decided to unitedly fight the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and take on the Narendra Modi led regime. The first meeting was held in Patna, Bihar and was hosted by Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar.

The second meeting was hosted by Congress in Bengaluru where it was decided to name the bloc as INDIA, an acronym given by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

  • राजनैतिक दल के कल होने वाली मीटिंग में जो शामिल होने वाले है, उनके प्रतिनिधी संख्या ६३ है। और २८ पॉलिटिकल पार्टी उनका यह संमेलन होने वाला है, यह कल से शुरू होगा। और जिस तरह से कई राज्यों से लोंगो के इंटरेस्ट के बारे में हम सुनते है, इस से मुझे पुरा विश्वास है की, एक अल्टरनेटिव्ह… pic.twitter.com/IB3N0Zro6W

    — Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) August 30, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

While the Bengaluru meeting was attended by 26 political parties, a day before the meeting Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar announced that 28 Opposition parties would take part in the Mumbai meeting.

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An array of leaders including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders Milind Deora, Ashok Chavan, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nana Patole, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, his daughter and NCP working president Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena UBT leaders Aaditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin among others will be attending the meeting.

Leaders from across the country including Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, National Congress chief Farooq Abdullah among others have already arrived in the megacity for the crucial meeting.

Mamata who met Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence on Wednesday, tied 'Rakhi' to him.

  • #INDIA आघाडीच्या बैठकीनिमित्त मुंबईत आलेल्या पश्चिम बंगालच्या मुख्यमंत्री ममतादिदी बॅनर्जी ह्यांनी मातोश्री निवासस्थानी भेट दिली व आज रक्षाबंधननिमित्त पक्षप्रमुख मा. श्री. उद्धवसाहेब ठाकरे ह्यांना राखी बांधली.@MamataOfficial pic.twitter.com/fx1kBNEYNf

    — Office of Uddhav Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) August 30, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

It is likely that a discussion on the seat sharing for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and on who would be the Convenor of the INDIA alliance will be decided during the two day meeting, following which the leaders are expected to brief the press.

Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, DMK leaders, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, JDU leaders including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are expected to attend the meeting in person.

Mumbai, India's financial capital and Maharashtra's capital is thus all set to host the meeting.

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