Following setbacks in the recently held assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the INDIA bloc held a crucial meeting in New Delhi on Monday to chalk out its strategy against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The meeting, which was held around noon at the Constitutional club in the national capital, was attended by as many as 23 parties of the opposition camp.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and party MP Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, Shiv Sena (UBT) supremo Uddhav Thackeray attended it. Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, who was ousted from power recently, was also present, along with her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Many other smaller parties, including the Left parties such as the CPI(M) and CPI, were also a part of Monday’s meeting.