Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a press conference, said that the opposition meeting in Bengaluru is a "meeting of opportunists and power-hungry" leaders . He also said that such an alliance is neither good for India's present nor for its future
Party will fear violence fallout, but Opp's more robust presence will help deflect criticism. TMC's greater concern may be that while it crossed 50% mark in votes, Left, Cong too are up
The ordinance issue was discussed at length at the Parliament strategy meeting presided by Sonia Gandhi yesterday, but no clear stand was taken. While a few felt that it was important to listen to Punjab and Delhi state units, who were against AAP, others thought ‘Opposition Unity’ was much bigger, therefore, it was alright to compromise for the fight for 2024 polls
The police, however, pointed out that Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in Bhangar in the wake of the recently concluded panchayat polls and accordingly, Siddiqui was urged not to visit the area.
For the past month, with violence raging in the state over the panchayat elections, an eight-member Raj Bhavan team has been helping people; several of them are TMC workers, says official