Next opposition parties meet, not in Shimla; announces NCP chief

Referring to the 15 opposition parties meeting held in Patna, Bihar on June 23, National Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said that after the meet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become uneasy after the Patna meet.

Sharad Pawar on Thursday also announced that the next opposition parties meet will be held in Bengaluru on July 13 and 14. Earlier, Shimla as the venue decided to have the meeting.

Notably, the meeting that happened in Patna was organised by the chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar at his residence to fight Lok Sabha 2024 polls together and chalk out BJP. All the parties during the meeting decided to have Shimla as a venue for the next meeting but now it has been changed to Bengaluru.

According to the sources, the next action plan will be executed by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

Nitish Kumar had termed the parties’ meeting, a ‘good meeting’ and added that the opposition parties had decided to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections together. The meeting was attended by opposition leaders including West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

However, the difference erupted between AAP and Congress over the centre’s ordinance which curtailed the power of the Delhi government.