Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reached out amid furore this week over the postponement of an INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for that day.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has laughed off reports the opposition INDIA group meeting in Delhi - scheduled by the Congress for this afternoon - was postponed because he refused to attend.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Samajwadi Party boss Akhilesh Yadav will both skip Wednesday's INDIA bloc meeting, sources told NDTV this morning.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has called for the next meeting of the INDIA opposition bloc to be held in Delhi on Wednesday, sources said this morning.
Amidst idefeats in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, the Congress party has scheduled a meeting for the INDIA bloc, a coalition of 28 opposition parties, including Congress, formed to challenge the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The alliance, which started optimistically in June 2023, faces internal conflicts and challenges in seat-sharing, exacerbated by recent assembly election losses. The Congress after defeats in the Hindi heartland state elections may now encounter a weakened position in negotiations, affecting the alliance s power dynamics and potential prime ministerial candidate decisions.