INDIA Bloc Meeting in Delhi – All You Need to Know


Date and Venue

    The INDIA block meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 19 at 3 pm in the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi, Congress’ communications chief Jairam Ramesh said.

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Who will be present?

    Over 25 opposition parties are likely to attend including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin.

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INDIA Bloc Meeting Theme

    According to sources, the theme for this fourth INDIA bloc meeting is ‘Main Nahin, Hum (Us, Not I)’ in a bid to promote unity. It also acts as a counter to BJP’s campaign with Prime Minister Modi as the face of the party

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INDIA bloc Meeting Discussions

    This opposition meeting will focus on the topics of seat sharing, forming a joint campaign blueprint to take on the BJP and selecting an opposition PM face, among others.

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1st post elections meeting

    The INDIA bloc will be meeting for the fourth time since its formation but it will be the first since the results of the Assembly elections were announced.

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Key Challenges

    Key challenges of the opposition include for them to come up with an alternative common programme as a counter to the ruling dispensation. Another is to form a convener, a spokesperson and a common secretariat amid differentiating opinions and parties.

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Congress setback

    The recent loss at the Assembly Elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan has put Congres in a tough spot and has also put more pressure on opposition parties to put up a united face.

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Earlier Meetings

    It held its first meeting in Patna on June 23. Its second meeting was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18 and the third in Mumbai between August 31 and September 1.

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