After holding a productive Coordination Committee meeting, the INDIA bloc is all set to hold its first joint public meeting in Bhopal in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh in the first week of October. The opposition bloc has also said that the constituent parties will start seat-sharing talks at the earliest.INDIA bloc to hold joint rally in BhopalThe first meeting of the Coordination Committee of the INDIA bloc was held at NCP supremo Sharad Pawars residence in the national capital.Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said after the 14-member meeting that the Committee has decided to start the process for determining seat-sharing at the earliest.“The first meeting of the Coordination Committee was held today at the residence of Sharad Pawar and attended by 12 members parties. Abhishek Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress could not attend the meeting due to a summon by the Enforcement Directorate, arising out of the vendetta politics of Bharatiya Janata Party,” the joint statement read.Coordination Committee on seat-sharing“The Coordination Committee has decided to start the process for determining seat-sharing. It was decided that member parties would hold talks and decide at the earliest,” it stated.“The Committee decided to hold joint public meetings in different parts of the country. The first public meeting will be held at Bhopal in the first week of October on the issues of rising prices, unemployment and corruption of the BJP government,” it said.“The parties present in the meeting agreed to take up the issue of Caste Census.”“The coordination committee authorised the Sub-Group on Media to decide upon the names of the anchors on whose shows none of the INDIA parties will send their representatives,” it added.Meanwhile, the seat-sharing formula will be prepared by the INDIA bloc parties not only for the General Elections but also for the upcoming assembly polls in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP, Telangana and other states, according to the sources.The member parties will sit together to formulate a strategy for the upcoming Assembly polls.The next INDIA Alliance meeting will be held after the Parliament special session.
