Despite having considerable clout in some pockets of J&K, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Altaf Bukhari, and Sajad Lone prefer to maintain a distance from NDA and opposition.
As India prepares for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, opposition parties have united under the banner of INDIA to challenge the ruling BJP-led NDA. The selection of a strong and unifying leader is a critical challenge for the alliance.
Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday announced that the party will launch a massive protest in Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) against the BJP-led Central government for blocking funds of Bengal under MGNREGA and other schemes. Banerjee, the TMC national general secretary, said the entire country is resonating with the slogan that BJP will be ousted and the newly