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At that meeting in Mumbai, we will
decide on who the 11 will be, who The meeting decided on some
the Convenor will be, etc. These are significant steps towards prepa-
small things”.
West Bengal Chief Minister Ma- rations for the 2024 Lok Sabha
mata Banerjee, while warning the elections, sources said. They
ruling party at the center said, “NDA,
BJP, can you challenge INDIA?” said that NDA led by the Bhara-
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at- tiya Janata Party (BJP) has
tended the meeting with the Congress
assuring the party of its support for formed 10 clusters, each head-
the BJP government’s ordinance nul- ed by a minister or big leader,
lifying the Supreme Court’s order to
give the Delhi government larger con- who has been entrusted with the
trol over the bureaucracy in the state. responsibility of spearheading
AAP national convener Arvind
Kejriwal, while addressing the press the alliance’s campaign strate-
conference said that the leaders of gy. NDA has 38 political parties
the like-minded parties came to Kar-
nataka’s Bengaluru to save the coun- Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders at present.
try from “hatred”. ahead of their meeting, at ‘The Ashok Hotel’, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Defense Minister
The 26 parties resolved to “safe- Rajnath Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda and others are Sources said that following the
guard the idea of India as enshrined also present (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh) initial meeting held in the Parlia-
in the Constitution”. ment today, the Prime Minister out-
The Samuhik Sankalp of 26 po- lined a clear roadmap and set ambi-
litical parties belonging to I.N.D.I.A never created hurdles to develop- The NDA leaders, who arrived tious targets for the coalition in the
alleged that the pillars of the Indian ment schemes meant for the welfare for the meeting, also posed for a run-up to the 2024 elections. The
Constitution “are being methodically of the country and its people,” PM group photograph before going into a primary objective is to strengthen
and menacingly undermined”. Modi said. huddle. Ahead of the meeting of the the NDA and consolidate its posi-
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal also He stated further that nation, na- NDA, Prime Minister Modi shared tion across the country.
said that the Opposition parties are tional security and progress were the a tweet, expressing his delight at the Sources said that 10 ministers
fighting for inclusive India which is priorities for the NDA. NDA partners from across the coun- leading the respective clusters are ex-
written in the Constitution and PM “For the NDA, it is nation first, try arriving in the national capital for pected to play a pivotal role in mobi-
Modi is fighting for exclusive India. security of the nation first, progress the huddle. lizing their parties and allies towards
Meanwhile, in New Delhi, coun- first and the empowerment of the PM Modi took to Twitter to a common goal. The alliance aims to
tering the Opposition parties, which people first,” PM Modi said. post,” It is a matter of immense joy harness the strengths of each con-
at their second joint meeting in The representatives from a total that our valued NDA partners from stituent party and work in tandem to
Bengaluru on Tuesday named their of 38 political parties were in atten- across India will be attending the maximize electoral gains.
fledgling alliance as I.N.D.I.A (India dance as the meeting the National meeting in Delhi today. Ours is a Sources informed that some
National Developmental Inclusive Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by time-tested alliance which seeks to of the ministers, who would be giv-
Alliance), Prime Minister Narendra the BJP got underway in the national further national progress and fulfil en responsibility are Anurag Singh
Modi said the NDA stands for “New capital on Tuesday evening. regional aspirations.” Thakur, Pralhad Joshi, Nityanand
India, Development, Aspiration”. Rai, Dharmendra Pradhan and Sar-
Addressing a meeting of the banand Sonowal. As per the sources,
BJP-led National Democratic Al- every group would have 35-40 Mem-
liance (NDA) in the national cap- bers of Parliament. Prime Minister
ital on Tuesday evening, PM Modi Narendra Modi will hold meetings of
said,” NDA means N=New India, each group and the first meeting is to
D=Development, A=Aspiration.” be held on July 25.
In a veiled at Congress leader Rahul The sources said that with the
Gandhi over his remark at an event in formation of these clusters and the
London earlier this year, questioning allocation of specific responsibili-
why the “defenders to democracies” ties, the NDA has taken “a proactive
were unmoved over the prevailing step” towards streamlining its cam-
state of affairs in India, PM Modi paign efforts.
said even when the NDA was in the They said that the coalition is
Opposition, it never insulted the peo- committed to presenting a compre-
ple’s mandate or never took help of hensive and compelling vision for
foreign powers to destabilize the rul- the country’s future, addressing var-
ing governments. ious challenges and aspirations of
“Even when we were in the Op- the citizens.
position, we always preached and The sources said that BJP-led al-
practiced positive politics. We un- liance has started its preparations in
earthed scams of previous govern- earnest to secure a renewed mandate
ments but never questioned or in- from the electorate in the 2024 polls.
sulted the mandate of the people. We Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interacts with Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray during With the opposition too coming
never took the help of foreign powers the Opposition parties meet in Bengaluru (ANI Photo/ Shrikant Singh) together, it is going to be long-drawn
against the ruling governments. We battle till the elections next year.

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