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After an informal meeting on Thursday, 31 August, members of the India National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) coalition held formal discussions on Friday, 1 September, in Mumbai, in which a 13-member coordination committee was established.
The alliance also passed a resolution to contest the 2024 elections together "as far as possible," and resolved to come up with coordinated strategies for campaigns.
Who are the 13 leaders in the coordination committee?
The committee comprises the following leaders:
Sharad Pawar, NCP
KC Venugopal, Congress
Tejaswi Yadav, RJD
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena (UBT)
Lalan Singh, JD(U)
Abhishek Banerjee, TMC
Raghav Chadha, AAP
Hemant Soren, JMM
Mehbooba Mufti, PDP
Omar Abdullah, NC
MK Stalin, DMK
D Raja, CPI(M)
Javed Ali Khan, SP
What were the decisions taken in the meeting?
In a statement, the alliance said:
"We, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections together as far as possible.
Seat-sharing arrangements in different states will be initiated immediately and concluded at the earliest in a collaborative spirit of give-and-take.
We, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to organise public rallies at the earliest in different parts of the country on issues of public concern and importance.
We, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to coordinate our respective communications and media strategies and campaigns with the theme 'Judega Bharat, Jiteega India' in different languages.
Judega BHARAT, Jeetega INDIA!"
Who said what at the meet?
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar stated that they discussed the problems of the country and had been "chalking future strategies for the same for the past two days."
Talking about the issues in the country, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said that "minorities are not safe in the country, poverty is on the rise and tomatoes have become tasteless because of rising prices."
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he was "impressed" with the way all political leaders have "minimised" and "ironed out" their differences.
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury took a dig at BJP stating that they need be kept out of power to save the Constitution.
AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the BJP would deliberately try to portray infighting in the INDIA alliance but that is not true.
Addressing the media, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that the BJP government was slowly moving towards dictatorship.
Attacking the central government, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray said that the coalition has resolved to have a "fear-free India."
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