The top leaders of the opposition parties met today to discuss the grand alliance against BJP, thereby marking a notable development that might change the course of Indian politics.
It happens on a significant day i.e one day ahead of the Assembly Election results with the winter session of the Parliament scheduled to begin soon.
The meeting reflects the attempt by the Opposition parties to beat the saffron party in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.
Telugu Desam Party Chief and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has called this crucial meeting by inviting all Non-BJP members.
Both Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi are expected to attend the meet. Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted: “I look forward to continuing our dialogue and to strengthening our alliance, that has stood the test of time.”
RLSP President Upendra Kushwaha who recently announced his resignation from BJP is also likely to join the meeting today.
The key agenda for the meeting includes Rafale deal, farmers, the aftermath of demonetization and GST, price rise, unemployment and threats to the constitution.
Meanwhile, BJP mocked the meeting and sees it as a dream of fighting against BJP. BJP National Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said, “We have Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Who is their PM candidate?” He added, “It’s really good to see opposition parties trying to forge an alliance to fight against us. But first, let them declare their prime ministerial candidate, then they should dream of fighting against us and ousting us.”
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chief Mamata Banerjee, National Conference (NC) Chief Farooq Abdullah, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General secretary Sitaram Yechury and Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy are expected to attend the meeting. Also, the meeting will witness Arvind Kejriwal’s debut.