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I.N.D.I.A VS NDA

THE BATTLE

BEGINS

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calls the Lok Sabha elections next year a fight

between India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What is the strategy of BJP-led

NDA to counter this move by all Opposition parties?

OUR BUREAU

New Delhi/Bengaluru/Patna
he next general elections are
less than a year away. But the
Tbattle lines are being drawn al-
ready. The oppositions parties are all
coming together. The ruling alliance
is flexing its muscles too.
This week saw two major politi-
cal shows of strength in India – one
in the national capital and another
in Bengaluru, now being ruled by a
Congress government.
On Tuesday, the Opposition with
26 parties came up with a name for
the alliance for the 2024 LS polls, an-
nouncing that it would be called the
Indian National Developmental In-
clusive Alliance, or INDIA.
On Tuesday, while addressing the
media after the meeting, Congress
chief Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Ear-
lier, we were UPA and now all the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the media as party President Mallikarjun Kharge, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Shiv Sena (UBT)
26 parties have given a name to the Uddhav Thackeray, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and other leaders look on, after the
opposition and that is – Indian Na- Opposition parties meet in Bengaluru on Tuesday (ANI Photo/Shrikant Singh)
tional Developmental Inclusive Alli-
ance (INDIA). Everybody has agreed
upon this, and the resolution for the collective effort. We all sat together, various sub-committees, which will litical formations but the fight is to de-
name was passed unanimously.” The and we all decided on names. Rahul take up specific issues. fend the idea of India. If you will see
development came as top leaders of ji spearheaded this, he justified why it “The next opposition meeting history, you will find that nobody has
26 Opposition parties from across the should be INDIA. He argued for it,” will be held in Mumbai; the date will been able to fight the idea of India.
country met in Bengaluru on Tuesday Srinate said. be announced soon. An 11-mem- It’s a fight between the idea of India
to discuss a united strategy to take on The representatives of the 26 ber coordination committee will be and Narendra Modi,” Gandhi said.
the ruling NDA alliance at the Cen- parties— 10 more than the 16 parties set up. Names of committee mem- He further added, “The fight is
tre, led by Prime Minister Narendra which had met in Patna on June 23 — bers will be announced in Mumbai,” against BJP and its ideology. This fight
Modi, in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. also decided to set up an 11-member Kharge said. is between India and Narendra Modi.”
Congress leader Supriya Shri- coordination committee, including all Congress leader Rahul Gandhi On being asked who will lead the
nate said that Rahul Gandhi justi- the major parties, and a ‘secretariat’ called the Lok Sabha elections next alliance, Kharge said, “We are mak-
fied why it should be INDIA during in Delhi for campaign management year a fight between India and PM ing a coordination committee of 11.
the discussion in the meeting. “It is a and for coordinating the working of Modi. “This fight is not between 2 po- Continued on next page... >>

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