'Zyada Jogi, Matth Ujaad' is INDIA alliance's situation, says Union Minister Anupriya Patel
INDIA alliance will not last long, says BJP's Bhagwat Karad
"INDIA alliance will become 'anda' alliance": Union Minister Piyush Goyal
"In the third meeting of the so-called alliance, there was no vision for the development of India, no roadmap for the upliftment of the poor, no strategy to address concerns of farmers or women and children. The most important is that there was not even an acknowledgement of the threat to India from terrorism, radicalisation and successionist forces...Their only recurrent theme is to abuse Shri Narendra Modi ji..." said BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad.
INDIA's committee for research
1. Amitabh Dubey, INC
2. Subodh Mehta, RJD
3. Priyanka Chaturvedi, SS
4. Vandana Chavan, NCP
5. KC Tyagi, JD(U)
6. Sudivya Kumar Sonu, JMM
7. Jasmine Shah, AAP
8. Alok Ranjan, SP
9. Imran Nabi Dar, NC
10. Aditya, PDP
11. TMC (to give name later)
INDIA's committee for media
1. Jairam Ramesh, INC
2. Manoj Jha, RJD
3. Arvind Sawant, SS
4. Jitendra Ahwad, NCP
5. Raghav Chadha, AAP
6. Rajiv Ranjan, JD(U)
7. Pranjal, CPM
8. Ashish Yadav, SP
9. Supriyo Bhattacharya, JMM
10. Alok Kumar, JMM
11. Manish Kumar, JD(U)
12. Rajeev Nigam, SP
13. Bhalchandra Kango, CPI
14. Tanvir Sadiq, NC
15. Prashant Kanojia
16. Naren Chatterjee, AIFB
17. Sucheta De, CPI(ML)
18. Mohit Bhan, PDP
19. TMC (to give name later)
INDIA's committee for social media
1. Supriya Shrinate, INC
2. Sumit Sharma, RJD
3. Ashish Yadav, SP
4. Rajeev Nigam, SP
5. Raghav Chadha, AAP
6. Avindani, JMM
7. Iltija Mehbooba, PDP
8. Pranjal, CPM
9. Bhalchandra Kango, CPI
10. Ifra Jan, NC
11. V Arun Kumar, CPI(ML)
12. TMC (to give name later)
INDIA's campaign committee
1. Gurdeep Singh Sappal, INC
2. Sanjay Jha, JD(U)
3. Anil Desai, SS
4. Sanjay Yadav, RJD
5. PC Chako, NCP
6. Champai Soren, JMM
7. Kiranmoy Nanda, SP
8. Sanjay Singh, AAP
9. Arun Kumar, CPI(M)
10. Binoy Vishwam, CPI
11. Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi, NC
12. Shahid Siddiqui, RLD
13. NK Premachandran, RSP
14. G. Devarajan, AIFB
15. Ravi Rai, CPI(ML)
16. Thirumavalan, VCK
17. KM Kadar Moidin, IUML
18. Jose K. Mani, KC(M)
19. TMC (to give name later)
The shepherds of Pangong, common people, leaders categorically told me Chinese have taken Indian land. They told me PM is lying that China has not taken our land. Every single person in Ladakh knows about this: Rahul Gandhi
INDIA alliance working to free media from the chains: Rahul Gandhi
Modi govt's aim is to extract money from people and transfer it to a limited few: Rahul Gandhi
Nexus between Prime Minister and particular businessman is for everyone to see. PM and BJP are nexus of Adani: Rahul Gandhi
During the meeting, we made significant resolutions. We accelerated the process of seat allocation and established a coordination committee panel to serve as the top decision-making authority.
This stage represents 60% of India. If these parties come together, we will defeat BJP: Rahul Gandhi
"We are all united. We will decide on seat sharing at state level": Sitaram Yechury
"We will now discuss seat-sharing. There will be no infighting. We will accommodate everyone": Lalu Prasad Yadav
"Listen Modi Ji, I have been fighting you since Gujarat riots. He was banned from other countries. This is his history. I demanded in house that Modi be arrested.": Lalu Yadav
"No opposition leader left who hasn't faced ED, CBI.": Lalu Yadav
"You know how these people lied to come to power. They said people, including me, had money in Swiss bank. They said they will give 15-15 lakh to every bank account": Lalu Yadav
Our minorities are not feeling safe. Inflation is rising, poverty is going up. You saw what happened with tomato: Lalu Yadav
"We did not stand together earlier and the country had to face the consequences. Our differences benefited Modi": Lalu Yadav
"I have attended 3 meetings till now. There is no infighting. Nobody has come here for any post": Kejriwal
Now everyone has started thinking that INDIA alliance will defeat Modi govt. Big powers will be used against this alliance: Kejriwal
"Modi government is most corrupt government since independence": Kejriwal
"India alliance is not only an alliance of 26-27 parties, this is an alliance of 140 crore people of India. People are coming together to create new India of 21st century: Kejriwal
Modi govt failed in last 9 years. We are joining hands to save out country. BJP is misusing central agencies: Stalin
"Election can take place early. We have to be alert for that. So we have now discussed about that also.": Nitish Kumar
"They want to change history. We will not let this happen. They keep trying to incite Hindu-Muslim type of things. But this country belongs to everyone.": Nitish Kumar
"The result of these parties coming together will be those sitting at Centre in losing. Their is control over media. Once we get rid of them (BJP), the people of press will once again be free to write what they want": Nitish Kumar
"He (Modi) said 'Na Khaunga, Na Khane Dunga'. But he's letting his friends eat. Only poor people are hungry": Kharge.
You didn't call special session during Manipur crisis. You didn't call special session on China. Why are you calling it now? Slowly, things are moving towards dictatorship.
We will raise the issue of inflation, decimation of institutions. I am in politics for last 55 year, I have never seen such things happening: Kharge
Govt is stealing from poor people. PM Modi will never work for people, he always works against the poor. He works with big corporate leaders. Only yesterday, Rahul Gandhi put forth the report on Adani: Kharge
They reduced gas prices, but what will people cook on them. Everything is getting costly. This is not our fight only. It's everyone's fight: Uddhav Thackeray
They gave slogan 'sabka sath sabka vikas' during polls. But after the polls, they gave 'lath' to everyone and done vikas of their friends: Uddhav Thackeray
We will fight against all Jumle-Baajs, corruption and against 'Mitra-Parivarvad': Uddhav Thackeray
To jointly participate in elections and promptly initiate discussions regarding the allocation of seats, to commence public rallies in various states without delay, and to synchronize our campaigns under the banner of "Judega Bharat, Jeetega INDIA": Aaditya Thackeray
Apart from 14-member coordination committees, 4 other committees have been formed for various purpose: Raut
"India alliance meeting going on for last two days has concluded now. Leaders from all 28 parties participated. Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav have left. Our alliance is emerging out stronger every day.": Sanjay Raut
The Opposition Bloc formed a 13-Member Coordination Committee, including:
KC Venugopal (Congress)
Sharad Pawar (NCP)
Raghav Chadha (AAP)
Abhishek Banerjee (TMC)
MK Stalin (DMK)
Omar Abdullah (NC)
D Raja (CPI)
Mehbooba Mufti (PDP)
Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena - UBT)
Tejashwi Yadav (RJD)
Hemant Soren (JMM)
'INDIA' is determined to solve political and social problems along with inflation, unemployment in the country," says NCP leader Jayant Patil at the INDIA meet in Mumbai.
We are advancing a great course of change and the INDIA (alliance) stands for change. When the BJP and NDA are trying to find escape routes for Adani, we tried to find a way of salvation for the people of India," says Binoy Viswam, Secretary, CPI National Council.
Pictures from the meeting of the INDIA Bloc parties as the meet gets underway in Mumbai's Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Opposition's Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc congratulates ISRO for the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Opposition's Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc leaders pose for a group photograph ahead of their meeting in Mumbai.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and party's working president Supriya Sule arrive at the hotel in Mumbai for the meeting of the INDIA alliance.
Punjab CM and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann arrives at the venue of the meeting of the INDIA alliance in Mumbai.
Tamil Nadu CM and DMK leader MK Stalin arrives at the venue of the meeting of the INDIA alliance in Mumbai.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi arrive at the venue of the meeting of INDIA alliance in Mumbai.
Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar & Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha arrive at the venue of the meeting of the INDIA alliance, in Mumbai.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and NC president Farooq Abdullah arrive at the INDIA alliance meeting venue in Mumbai.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and Manoj Jha arrive at INDIA alliance meeting venue in Mumbai.
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibbal, UBT leader Sanjay Raut, NCP leader Supriya Sule, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Congress leader Ashok Chavan and other leaders of the INDIA alliance at the meeting venue in Mumbai.
Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray arrive at the venue of the INDIA alliance meeting, in Mumbai.
Shiv Sena leader(UBT) and MP Sanjay Raut said, "One nation, one election is fine, but there should be a fair election. They (Centre) have brought this to postpone our demand for a fair election." Raut further said, "Mujhe lagta hai yeh ek shadyantra hai chunaav aage dhakelne ke liye" (I think this is a strategy to push the elections ahead).
The day-2 of the INDIA bloc Opposition parties meeting will see the unveiling of the much anticipated logo at 10.30 am and the press conference will be held at 3.30 pm today, on Friday (September 1).
The third meeting of the Opposition's INDIA alliance started in Mumbai on Thursday evening with leaders of several prominent political parties coming together to discuss the strategy and agenda of the grouping which is seeking to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre.
The meeting at Grand Hyatt hotel is being attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, among others.
Rahul Gandhi was seen chatting with the NCP's Supriya Sule and Jayant Patil, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Aaditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut, and the RJD's Manoj Jha before the meet began.
"They have hatred for the word INDIA and are even linking the name to a terror outfit. It is not just hatred but also fear about (what) if the alliance succeeds," he said.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reached Mumbai airport to attend the third meeting of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).
Congress leader Milind Deora on Thursday hit back at the BJP over its criticism of the INDIA bloc meeting here, saying the saffron party was "rattled" as it never expected so many parties from numerous states to come together. Deora, who is working closely in organising the Mumbai meeting of the opposition alliance taking place on Thursday and Friday, said he was hopeful that there will be an expansion of the bloc. (PTI)
Congress party General Secretary KC Venugopal arrives in Mumbai for the third meeting of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).
He said, "The top leaders of INDIA alliance are going to have an informal meeting in the evening today to chalk out the agenda of the meeting. Rahul Gandhi is holding a press conference on this (Adani) issue, he asked in February about Rs 20,000 crores, but there was no answer. No investigation is being done, these are illegal transactions but the govt is not taking any action. The question raised by Rahul Gandhi is relevant, PM needs to answer this."
On the INDIA bloc meeting, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi says, "It's a historic day and a new history is being created today... We will work and will formulate a strategy which will help us to win in 2024."
On INDIA alliance meeting, Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Aaditya Thackeray says "The way BJP is targetting us, shows that they are scared of the INDIA alliance and our victory. Their hatred is for the country & constitution, and we will not let them win...The BJP has no choice but we have many choices for the PM face."
“More like-minded parties and leaders are going to join INDIA alliance in the coming time,” says RLD leader @jayantrld as he arrives in Mumbai for INDIA alliance meeting.
On Opposition bloc (INDIA) meeting, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says," It is UPA only and an attempt to rebrand UPA. PM Modi has rightly described them as 'Ghamandia'. They only want to do dynastic, appeasement politics. Nothing will change by changing the name..."
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury arrives in Mumbai to attend the third meeting of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). "We've to save the Constitution," says Sitaram Yechury.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi leave from Delhi airport to attend the third meeting of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), in Mumbai.
Tamil Nadu CM and DMK leader MK Stalin leaves from Chennai to attend the third meeting of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), in Mumbai.
INDIA bloc parties will have an informal meeting at 6.30 pm today (Thursday) on August 31.
On INDIA alliance meeting, Rajya Sabha MP and RJD leader Manoj Jha says "After the meeting in Mumbai, we will have a solid foundation and a roadmap, and we will be able to say that we are bringing this country back on track... Every party wants to see their leader at the top (PM post) but everyone should wait for the outcome of the united meeting."
As the Opposition INDIA meeting is set to get underway today in Mumbai, visuals showed posters outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Seat Sharing, New Logo To Be Unveiled As 2-Day Mega Opposition Meeting To Begin In Grand Hyatt
The third meeting of the Opposition INDIA bloc will be held in Maharashtra's Mumbai on August 31 and September 1. The meeting will discuss the alliance strategies for the Lok Sabha election and the seat sharing in the states as well a new logo of the INDIA alliance is also likely to be launched.
A total of 28 parties will participate in the third meeting in Mumbai on Thursday (August 31). The first meeting of the joint opposition was convened in Patna on June 23 and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka on July 17-18. The third meeting is in Mumbai on August 31-September 1.
