The Congress party on Tuesday, December 5, said the INDIA bloc meeting has been postponed to the third week of December as many partners were planning to skip the December 6 (Wednesday) meeting. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Bihar counterparty and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were likely to give the meet a miss.
The development comes just two days after Assembly election results were declared in five states. The BJP mowed down the Congress in Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. The Congress could register win in Telangana alone.
SP spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told media that party chief Akhilesh Yadav has no plans to attend INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on Wednesday. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will also skip the meeting. "I will be busy in Giridh. I spoke to Kharge Ji yesterday, maybe a representative from our side will go," Soren told news agency ANI.
Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc are set to meet at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on December 6 to formulate a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The SP chief on December 4 said he was not disappointed and expressed hope that results will be different in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He had, however, stressed that opposition parties will have to make a lot of preparations to fight against a "big party" like the BJP. "The fight is big. To fight a big party like the BJP, we will have to make a lot of preparations. We have to be under strict discipline and have to fight the strategy with which they (BJP) are getting the majority. I hope the results will be different in the Lok Sabha polls," Yadav had told reporters in Varanasi.
With inputs from PTI
