While leaders of 25 opposition parties gathered in Delhi under the banner of India Bloc, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took the opportunity to lash out at the Congress party and its leaders.
BJP MP Sambit Patra made sharp remarks against Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, saying in his presence that “nobody’s future will prosper”. Patra also criticized the India bloc for its decision to hold a meeting every two months. They (India Alliance) are scheduled to hold a meeting every two months. “So, by the third or fourth meeting, I think the meeting will be held inside the car,” Batra said, indicating that opposition unity may not last for long.
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“Akhilesh Yadav also arrived, and when he saw Mamata ji, he must also have been thinking that the same fate awaits me soon. Wherever Rahul is around, no one’s fortunes will flourish… They (All India Alliance) are scheduled to hold a meeting every two months. So, by the third or fourth meeting, I think the meeting will be held inside the car,” Batra said.
India bloc meeting
The opposition bloc, the Inclusive Indian National Development Alliance (INDIA), met at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on Monday to mend ties amid voter discord and recent electoral losses to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, respectively.
However, the DMK and Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were absent from the meeting. Last week, the DMK had announced its decision not to attend the meeting, citing the Congress’s post-poll alliance with TVK in Tamil Nadu.
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After the meeting ended, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the alliance had decided on five points, including the decision to write to the Chief Justice of India on the Special Intensive Review (SIR), alleging “vote plunder” and electoral malpractice.
Karg said the coalition partners will now meet every two months to review national policies and coordinate strategy, and the next formal meeting of the India bloc is scheduled for August 8 in Hyderabad.
Karg said the Indian bloc has decided to write to the Chief Justice of India regarding the Special Intensive Review (SIR), alleging “vote looting” and electoral malpractice. “It has been agreed that a letter will be sent to the Chief Justice of India regarding SIR, vote looting and election theft. The letter is scheduled to be delivered to the Chief Justice of India very soon,” he said.
Kharge also said that the opposition bloc has unanimously decided to seek immediate resignation of the Union Education Minister over the alleged exam lapses in NEET and CBSE that affected scores of students. “It was unanimously agreed to demand the immediate resignation of the Education Minister as he oversaw the betrayal of thousands of youth who appeared for NEET and CBSE exams,” the Congress leader said.
