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  • Next meeting of opposition on July 17-18 in Bengaluru: Congress

    Next meeting of opposition on July 17-18 in Bengaluru: Congress

    New Delhi: The next meeting of opposition parties will be held in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18, the Congress announced on Monday, and asserted their resolve to defeat the BJP has been strengthened by the “Mumbai operations” of the “BJP washing machine”. Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal made the announcement of Opposition meeting dates on Twitter and said “we are steadfast in our unwavering resolve to defeat the fascist and undemocratic forces”.

    “After a hugely successful all-opposition meeting in Patna, we will be holding the next meeting in Bengaluru on 17 and 18 July, 2023. We are steadfast in our unwavering resolve to defeat the fascist and undemocratic forces and present a bold vision to take the country forward,” Venugopal said. Congress general secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh took a dig at the BJP over the NCP’s Ajit Pawar and eight other leaders being inducted into the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government. “Yesterday when the BJP Washing Machine restarted in Mumbai with its ICE (Incometax, CBI, ED) detergent, BJP-inspired obituaries on Opposition unity were being planted.

    The obit writers will be disappointed. The next meeting of the parties that met at Patna on June 23rd will be held in Bengaluru on July 17th & 18th,” he said. “If anything the Mumbai operations have strengthened Opposition resolve,” Ramesh said on Twitter.

  • Sharad Pawar gave big information about the meeting of opposition parties

    Sharad Pawar gave big information about the meeting of opposition parties

    New Delhi: In view of the Lok Sabha elections, the second phase of the meeting of the opposition parties involved in the exercise of the Grand Alliance will now be held in Bengaluru. Till earlier it was said that the meeting would be held in Shimla, but now NCP Chief Sharad Pawar has announced to change the venue of the meeting. He has informed that the meeting will be organized in Bengaluru on 13 and 14 July.

  • Opposition meet postponed for a 2nd time, to be held on June 22

    Opposition meet postponed for a 2nd time, to be held on June 22

    Patna: Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Lalan Singh on Wednesday said that the opposition meeting, which was earlier scheduled to be held on June 12 and then deferred, will now be held here on June 23.

    Speaking to the mediapersons, accompanied by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, the Bihar unit JD-U president said the June 12 meeting was postponed as “there were some issues over the date, and top Congress leaders were not available for the earlier planned date”.

    “Now, top Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin, Left leaders D. Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and CPI-ML national secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya have agreed on the date and they have given their consensus for this meeting. The venue of the meeting is Patna,” Lalan Singh said.

  • Opposition unity: Nitish Kumar to meet Mamata Banerjee today

    Opposition unity: Nitish Kumar to meet Mamata Banerjee today

    Kolkata: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has taken upon himself the task of uniting Opposition forces against the BJP-led government at the Centre, will call on his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Monday.

    The meeting will come close on the heels of his visit to the national capital to meet Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and former MP Rahul Gandhi. The meeting was seen as the major step to laying the groundwork for a grand Opposition alliance ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections.

    Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Rahul said it was a “historic step” towards Opposition unity and for an “ideological fight”.

    Rahul, who posted a picture of himself with Kharge and JDU and RJD leaders, said they are “standing together, will fight together for India”.

    “In this battle of ideology, a historic step has been taken today towards Opposition unity. (We are) standing together, will fight together – for India!” Rahul Gandhi had said in a tweet after the meeting Nitish Kumar.

    Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and Janata Dal-United president Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh was also present at the meeting held at Kharge’s residence.

    CM Mamata Banerjee is also leaving no stone unturned in closing in ranks with other parties ahead of the 2024 polls, as she met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at her residence in Kolkata last month.

  • “Opposition behind killing of Atiq Ahmed…he was going to reveal many secrets”: UP Minister

    “Opposition behind killing of Atiq Ahmed…he was going to reveal many secrets”: UP Minister

    Sambhal: In a startling claim, the Uttar Pradesh Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dharmpal Singh on Saturday alleged that the Opposition is behind the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed as he was going to “reveal many secrets”.

    “The truth is that the Opposition is behind the killing of Atiq Ahmed. After his arrest, he was going to reveal many secrets. That’s why the Opposition got him killed,” Dharmpal Singh said.

    The mafia-turned-politician and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed last week while being taken for a medical examination in Prayagraj.

    Atiq Ahmed was accused in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005, as well as in the killing of Umesh Pal, a key witness in the BSP leader’s murder, in February this year.

  • Opposition MPs to take out a ‘Tiranga march’ from Parliament to Vijaya Chowk

    Opposition MPs to take out a ‘Tiranga march’ from Parliament to Vijaya Chowk

    New Delhi: MPs of several Opposition parties will take out a ‘Tiranga march’ from Parliament to Vijaya Chowk after both Houses are adjourned sine die on Thursday and will hold a press conference to highlight that the second half of the Budget session was washed out allegedly due to the attitude of the government, Congress leaders said.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said it has been decided that a Tiranga march will be carried out from Parliament to Vijay Chowk where Opposition MPs will hold a press conference and all that transpired during the budget session would be put before the people.

    He said Opposition parties have decided to coordinate and cooperate in future also.

    Congress general secretary organization K C Venugopal said the ‘Tiranga march’ will be organized after the two Houses are adjourned sine die as scheduled Thursday.

    “The entire second part of the budget session was washed out only because of the attitude of the government. For the first time treasury benches stalled proceedings and later they refused to discuss the Adani issue and not even listen to why the Opposition was demanding,” he alleged.