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NATION MARCH 24, 2023 | The Indian Eye 8

Talks of opposition unity again

as Mamata meets Akhilesh;

Congress looks isolated

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit the national capital to meet

the opposition parties over the alleged misuse of central agencies against them

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Kolkata/New Delhi

amajwadi Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav on Friday met West
SBengal Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee here in an indication of
an emerging front that is opposed to
the BJP but would not align with the
Congress at the state level.
Akhilesh Yadav said that Chief
Ministers of many states are trying
for an alliance that will work togeth-
er for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and
the name shall be decided later. Akh-
ilesh Yadav said Congress should
decide its role. “Congress should
decide its role regarding elections.
CMs of many states are trying for a
coalition that will work together. Tel-
angana CM KCR is trying, Stalin is
trying, Bihar CM and Mamata Ba-
nerjee are also there. The name will
be discussed later for the coalition,”
Yadav said.
“I hope that the efforts are suc- Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav and party National Vice-President Kiranmoy Nanda call on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
cessful. This will be taken up in the Banerjee at her residence, Kalighat, in Kolkata on Friday (ANI)
meeting tomorrow. All the leaders
will present their views and sugges-
tions,” he added. Samajwadi Party If a state like UP is not getting ap- that the TMC chief meeting with the nerjee came to the national capital
said in a tweet that Akhilesh Yadav propriate investments and the gov- Congress leaders is unlikely. “Those was during the G20 meeting called
paid a “courtesy visit” to Mamata ernment is not making capital invest- that the TMC chief is likely to meet by the Centre of presidents of all po-
Banerjee and was accompanied by ments, then what is the growth? BJP when in the national capital include litical parties.
senior leaders of the party. does not have answers to all these the political parties who issued a Earlier on March 5, in an attempt
Answering a question on third questions,” he alleged. jointly signed letter to Prime Minis- to echo the Opposition’s voice in uni-
front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Yadav earlier attacked the BJP ter Narendra Modi on the opposition son, nine leaders of eight political par-
he said the main question is prob- over “unemployment and price rise” being at the receiving end of the Cen- ties wrote to PM Modi on the arrest of
lems like unemployment and infla- and alleged there is no action by tral agencies,” sources said. former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
tion. “For 2024, you may call it the probe agencies against those who However, there were no rep- Manish Sisodia in the excise policy
third front or an alliance, but this join the ruling party at the Centre. resentations from Congress, JDS, case, and alleged that the “misuse”
is not the question. The main issue Addressing a workers meeting, JD(U), and CPI(M) in the letter. of the central agencies suggests that
is inflation. The youth are roaming Yadav also congratulated the people Several opposition leaders includ- the country has “transitioned from
around without jobs. The farmers’ of West Bengal for defeating BJP ing Lalu Prasad Yadav and K Chan- being a democracy to an autocracy”.
lives have been destroyed. They and voting Trinamool Congress back drasekhar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha “We hope you would agree that
(BJP) are showing dreams...but when to power in the last assembly polls. are facing inquiries at the hands of India is still a democratic country.
will the youth get jobs?” West Bengal Chief Minister Ma- these agencies and two ministers of The blatant misuse of central agen-
“For instance, in UP, they are mata Banerjee is likely to visit the the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aad- cies against the members of the op-
showing that MoUs have been done. national capital to meet the opposi- mi Party government Satyendar Jain position appears to suggest that we
The government in Delhi is support- tion parties over the alleged misuse and Manish Sisodia are currently have transitioned from being a de-
ing and helping Uttar Pradesh but of central agencies against them. lodged in jail. mocracy to an autocracy,” the lead-
work cannot be seen on the ground. However, the sources stated The last time that Mamata Ba- ers wrote.

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