Opposition Meeting News: Opposition parties are trying to unite against the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of opposition parties in Patna on Friday (June 23) regarding the strategy ahead, but in the meantime Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has informed the opposition parties about the agenda of the meeting. Wrote a letter about it.
After this discussion has started in the political circles that what will be the agenda of the meeting? It is believed that the agenda of this general meeting may be agreement on fighting together, seat sharing formula, common minimum programme, brainstorming on the role of parties, leaders and the name of grand alliance. Leaders of opposition parties have also given statements regarding this many times.
who said what?
Many leaders including CM Nitish Kumar, Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin have said that there is a need to come together. Behind this, these leaders have given the cry of democracy.
Regarding the Common Minimum Program, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar had said on Friday (June 16) in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, that he would try to unite all opposition parties on a common program to become an alternative to the Modi government. In such a situation, there is a possibility that a committee can be formed regarding the common program.
What will be the formula for seat sharing?
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, while giving the seat-sharing formula to the opposition parties, had said that the party’s candidate should stand where it is strong. Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has also said that the result of 450 seats will be affected if the opposition parties have a common candidate. The same thing was repeated by Uddhav faction leader Sanjay Raut.
What did Arvind Kejriwal say?
Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has written to opposition leaders asking them to discuss the Centre’s ordinance in the meeting of non-BJP parties to be held on June 23 and clarify their stand on the matter. He said that the Center has done an experiment in Delhi by bringing this ordinance. If successful, it will bring a similar ordinance in non-BJP states and take away powers in respect of subjects in the Concurrent List.
Kejriwal claimed that the central government would rule Delhi directly through the lieutenant governor. After Delhi, democracy will be abolished in all the states one by one. The Congress has not yet clarified its stand regarding the ordinance.
Who is coming to the meeting?
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, CM Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar were present in this meeting called by Nitish Kumar. And many opposition leaders including Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav can come.
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