Janata Dal-Secular leader and former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said the opposition parties have never considered the regional party a part of them.
The anti-BJP alliance will not be called as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) as the TMC and the AAP joined the Opposition parties meeting, putting aside its political differences with Congress.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is set to host a meeting of its constituents on Tuesday in what is being seen as a show of strength by the ruling alliance amid a get-together of opposition parties in Bengaluru to forge unity as the two sides step up their campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.