After his name was proposed as a candidate to become the country's first Dalit prime minister at a meeting attended by 28 opposition leaders here, Kharge said, "I work for the downtrodden. Let's win first, then we will see. I don't seek anything."
Besides discussions on PM face, the key talks during the I.N.D.I.A. bloc meeting focussed on seat sharing as many leaders pressed that it should be resolved before January 1.
The key challenge before the leaders of various opposition parties is to come up with an alternative common programme as a counter to the ruling dispensation.
I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders brainstormed over the seat-sharing issue as regional parties already hardened their stand claiming maximum seats in their respective states.
This will be the fourth meeting of the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc, which came on a single platform aiming to challenge the winning streak of PM Narendra Modi at the Centre and oust his government from power. The meeting becomes crucial as it is taking place with months to go for the Lok Sabha polls
Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A. will hold a crucial meeting on Tuesday (December 19) in the national capital to deliberate on seat sharing, a joint campaign blueprint and redrawing the joint strategy to take on the BJP after the setback in the recent assembly polls.
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Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi last evening. She slammed the government over suspension of several Opposition MPs from Parliament. The Opposition's meeting will be held tomorrow in the national capital.
Mamata Banerjee landed in the national capital on Sunday evening, where she will attend Opposition's meeting and also meet PM Narendra Modi over her demand to release funds to West Bengal.
The fourth meeting of the Opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc will be held on December 19 in Delhi, according to Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh.
Uttar Pradesh news: "We all need to sit together and decide over seat sharing. We will be able to win if we work together in coordination," Jayant Chaudhary said.
Taking a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP MP Sushil Modi said that his party contested Assembly election in 10 seats in Madhya Pradesh, however, some candidates were not even able to more than 100 votes.
The first meeting of the Opposition's grand alliance, formed to oust the BJP from the Centre in 2024, was held in June this year in Patna, followed by meetings in Bengaluru and Mumbai. However, no agreements were reached in regard to seat-sharing formula.
I.N.D.I.A bloc Delhi meeting: The first meeting of the joint opposition convened in Patna on June 23 and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18. The third meeting happened in Mumbai during August 31-September 1.
The leaders of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc were set to meet at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on December 6 but it was postponed to the third week of this month.
Several key leaders of I.N.D.I.A bloc, including Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav were not to attend the meeting. Nitish Kumar, one of the founders of the bloc, also reportedly decided to give a miss to the meeting.
Soon after facing defeat in the assembly elections, Congress called for the next meeting of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance on December 6.
The Congress has been able to consolidate Telangana. However, as per the latest trends, in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the BJP seems to be winning.
Pawar said that people should accept that current trends are tilted in BJP's favour. His statement comes as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to win the elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, while Congress is leading in Telangana.
Polling in Telangana will take place on November 30 and the results will be declared on December 3. Voting in on all 119 Assembly seats in the state will be held in single phase.
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