Lok Sabha 2024: Ahead of the third meeting of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, Opposition leaders in Mumbai on Wednesday said that they have come together to bring a positive change in the country and fight against dictatorship.
Members of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc will meet in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1 to further consolidate their alliance and discuss key issues in view of next year's Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing the media, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray took a dig at the Modi government saying that Britishers were doing development too in the country... but we want freedom as well as development.
Uddhav Thackeray further said that as and when more meetings of their alliance will take place, the price of LPG cylinder will decrease further and there will be a time when it will be free.
He said that all the opposition leaders have come together to bring positive change, and development in the country.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said, "63 leaders of 28 political parties will attend the I.N.D.I.A. meeting and it will become an option to bring a change in the country."
Addressing the presser, Sanjay Raut said that Chief Ministers of 6 states will participate in the meeting in Mumbai. All those who attended Bihar and Bengaluru meetings will be attending the Mumbai meeting too.
LPG cylinder price were dropped after two meetings of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance, said Sanjay Raut while taking credit for building pressure at the Centre.
Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Rahul Gandhi will be arriving in Mumbai tomorrow, he said.
Speaking at the presser, Congress leader Ashok Chavan said that it's their duty to secure the country.
Now, 32 parties have become part of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance, said Congress leader Nana Patole.
'Uddhav, Akhilesh, and Arvind Kejriwal should become PM face'
Spokespersons of Shiv Sena (Uddhav camp), Samajwadi Party (SP), and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have said that their respective leaders should be the Prime Ministerial face of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance.
Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said that Uddhav Thackeray should be the PM face of the alliance, while the same was echoed by spokespersons of AAP and SP for Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav.
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