The third round of two-day meeting of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc will be held in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1.According to an opposition leader, the members of the INDIA bloc will discuss a proposal for an awareness campaign for defending the Constitution will be discussed at the third meeting of the grouping in Mumbai.“Our primary aim is to spread the message that the opposition bloc has been formed to defend the constitution and to fight the BJP led NDA government in upcoming Lok Sabha polls,” Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation leader Dipankar Bhattacharya said.Will give new direction to the country: Nana PatoleAdding to this, the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) Nana Patole on Thursday said asserted that the upcoming meeting in Mumbai will strategies on how Modi can be thrown or from the Centre. While speaking to the media persons, the Congress leader said that the meeting would “give a new direction to the country”.“INDIA alliance meeting will be held in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1. We held a meeting today at Matoshree to organise it successfully and decided on the agenda for it. It would give a new direction to the country. The aim of the (INDIA) meeting is to oust the Modi government from the centre…,” Patole said.It is to be noted here that the party on Wednesday reviewed the preparations for the third in the series after the two which happened in Patna and Bengaluru. Patole also gave the clarity on the speculations over Sharad Pawar joining the BJP, following a meeting between the NCP president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Pune. “Sharad Pawar is a big leader he is capable of taking decisions for his party. He, meanwhile, has made his stand clear on the meeting between Ajit and him last week,” Patole said.Sharad Pawars stand:Apart from this, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, earlier on August 13, made his stand clear on joining BJP. The Nationalist said that “Party will not go with the BJP as its ideology does not fit in NCPs political framework.”
