Opposition meeting: The opposition parties involved in uniting against the BJP met on Friday (June 23) under the hosting of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Many leaders including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former President Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar participated in it. In this meeting, the matter of ordinance of Delhi also came up.
Arvind Kejriwal, present in the meeting, had already said that he would take up the issue of the ordinance. Almost all the opposition parties have supported him regarding this, but the Congress has not yet clarified its stand. Meanwhile, sources told that Kejriwal sought time from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over tea regarding the ordinance in the meeting, but he did not agree.
What did Arvind Kejriwal say in the meeting?
According to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sources, when the party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal got a chance to speak in the meeting, the first thing he talked about was the ordinance and sought support on it. The Congress has not cleared its stand regarding the ordinance, so Arvind Kejriwal asked Rahul Gandhi to meet him over tea so that differences and differences can be resolved, but Rahul Gandhi refused.
Sources said that Rahul Gandhi said on this that we have a meeting process here. There is also a process regarding the favor or opposition of the ordinance.
What did Arvind Kejriwal and Mallikarjun Kharge say?
In this meeting, when Arvind Kejriwal sought support from Congress on the ordinance, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge showed some clips to Kejriwal. Kharge said that some leaders of your party say this about the Congress.
On this Kejriwal also named some people and said that Congress leaders also talk a lot to us, but as long as we remain entangled in this, how will the estrangement go away. State your stand on the ordinance. If you will not stand with the ordinance then say it publicly.
What did the opposition leaders say?
According to some sources related to the meeting, several senior leaders of the opposition asked the Congress to clear its stand on the ordinance. Sources told that regarding Kejriwal’s meeting on tea, many leaders said that give him time.
Some sources also tell that a senior leader present in the meeting hinted that Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi should be made to sit together at the lunch table so that they could have some conversation. Rahul Gandhi did not show any interest on this.
