Congress will lead UPA, Meeting of Opposition Leaders at Sonia Gandhi’s Residence
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The Lok Sabha elections in 2024 may still be far away, but the opposition parties have started gearing up for it from now on. In this episode, a big meeting of leaders of opposition parties was held at the residence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi in Delhi. Many opposition faces were seen in the meeting held at 10 Janpath. NCP President Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, TR Baalu, Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal and many more leaders were present in the meeting. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was also in the meeting.
Sonia Gandhi
It is worth noting that the opposition is engaged in the exercise of mobilization regarding Mission 2024. This meeting took place at a time when every component associated with it is trying to strengthen the UPA. Many issues were discussed in the meeting. Regarding the meeting, Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut said that the meeting was organized for the unity of the opposition. He said that in the meeting the leaders discussed about the winter session of Parliament, the opposition also clarified its stand in the meeting on the action taken in Parliament on 12 MPs. He says we will not apologize.
At the same time, on the statement of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi in which he had said that 12 leaders should come to the House to express remorse and regret, Sanjay Raut said that there is no question of apologizing. He said that there is no apology, no remorse, the opposition will continue the fight against it unitedly. At the same time, Farooq Abdullah says that opposition unity was discussed in the meeting. The leaders of the opposition discussed the current problem in the country.
Mamata Banerjee
Significantly, efforts are being made to bring Mamata Banerjee under the UPA. Recently, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik had said about this that she would be a part of UPA. NCP leader Sharad Pawar is trying to talk to Mamata Banerjee. However, Mamata has distanced itself from the UPA. He has given statements many times that now there is nothing like UPA.
Significantly, there is a lot of sourness between Congress and TMC these days. Some time ago, there was fierce wrestling between TMC and Congress over the statement given on Rahul Gandhi. Meanwhile, it is also discussed in the political corridors that Mamata is trying to unite the opposition parties other than the UPA. Obviously, the Lok Sabha elections are going to be held in the year 2024. And the opposition needs to be united to take on the BJP. The opposition is already busy uniting the opposition parties for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.