Opposition Meeting in Bengaluru LIVE Updates: The first day of the second leg of the Opposition meeting concluded in Bengaluru on Monday, 17 July, where 26 parties were in attendance.
Taking to Twitter after the conclusion of the first day of talks Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that all parties will work to "foster an agenda of social justice, inclusive development and national welfare."
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah later hosted the parties for dinner. Several leaders including JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Yadav, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, J&K national Conference leader Omar Abdullah, and DMK chief MK Stalin were present.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar skipped the first day of the talks and will join only on Tuesday, the party said. This will be Sharad Pawar's first attendance after Ajit Pawar engineered a vertical split in the party and joined the Maharashtra government on 2 July.
Leaders of 26 Opposition parties attend joint meeting in Bengaluru.
(Photo: Twitter/Congress)
The meeting is expected to hold discussions on giving a name and a structure to the Opposition alliance.
The parties are also expected to decide on appointing a convener and a committee to herald the alliance.
The Congress on Monday said that its opposition to the Delhi ordinance should not be linked with the Opposition meeting.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee will also attend the meet.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) said that this meeting will be strategically important for Opposition unity.
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'Well Begun is Half Done': Mallikarjun Kharge as Talks Conclude
Taking to Twitter after the conclusion of the first day of talks in Bengaluru, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that all parties will work to "foster an agenda of social justice, inclusive development and national welfare."
"We want to free the people of India from the autocratic and anti-people politics of hate, division, economic inequality and loot. We want an India which is governed by Constitutional principles of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. We want an India which provides hope and faith to the weakest person. United We Stand, for this INDIA," he said.
Opposition Meeting Concludes
The first day of the second leg of the Opposition meeting concluded in Bengaluru where 26 parties were in attendance.
Sonia Gandhi Present at Opposition Meet
After skipping the first meet in Patna, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is attending the meeting in Bengaluru today.
Sonia Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee at the Opposition meeting in Bengaluru on Monday, 17 July.
(Photo: Congress)
Oppn Meet Begins in Bengaluru
The second leg of the Opposition meeting began in Bengaluru on where 26 parties are in attendance.
The second leg of the Opposition meeting began in Bengaluru on Monday, 17 July, where 26 parties were in attendance.
(Photo: Twitter/Congress)
