Opposition parties to meet on Presidential candidate today

The assembly, known as by All India Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, will likely be attended by nearly all political events together with Congress, NCP, DMK, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Celebration, JDS, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, RJD, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Left events.

The Opposition camp witnessed a flurry of conferences on Tuesday, the place the theme was ‘our numbers weren’t including up. Banerjee met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar informally to debate the July 18 presidential elections. “Two stalwart leaders set the stage for the assembly of all progressive Opposition forces; set to occur tomorrow on the Structure Membership, New Delhi. Our resolve to battle divisive forces grows stronger!” AITC tweeted after the assembly. Banerjee arrived on Tuesday afternoon for Wednesday’s opposition assembly however visited Pawar earlier than going to her Delhi residence.

Pawar additionally met Left leaders to debate the Wednesday meet. The Left events had earlier expressed reservations about attending a gathering known as by Banerjee. In response to some leaders, Pawar brushed away all strategies of turning into the presidential candidate of the Opposition camp. Nevertheless, Pawar has been considering methods to succeed in out to fence sitters, ET has learnt.

A senior chief stated the hole between NDA and UPA was too excessive to bridge. BJD and YSRCP account for 7% votes and each have been inclined to vote for the NDA presidential candidate following current conferences with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Many leaders really feel Mr Pawar is the one unifying drive, and a standard assembly level even among the many opposition. NCP would not have presence outdoors the state to be a rival to some other occasion. Nevertheless, he has conveyed to them that he would not wish to run,” a senior NCP chief stated.

The Left Entrance mellowed its stand and determined to attend Wednesday’s meet. CPI-M will likely be represented by Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem. CPI chief D Raja stated, “no names have been mentioned within the conferences as we speak.”