The MPs of the INDIA bloc met on Tuesday evening at Rahul Gandhi’s residence on Sunahari Bagh Road, to firm up a strategy for the coming days over a high tea. The meeting was the Alliance’s show of unity – much like the show of strength they had displayed on the roads of Delhi on Monday.
The unity reflected in the attendance of 22 MPs from the Samajwadi Party and MPs from the Uddhav-led Shiv Sena faction – a key detail given that both these parties had recently faced accusations of absenteeism.
the seating arrangement – mixing leaders from different states – was deliberate, intended to foster discussion on the current political situation While the remark might have been made in jest. The Congress and other parties have made it clear that they should maintain distance from the CJP for now. It now appears that a Leftist undercurrent is flowing through the Congress. With Kanhaiya Kumar moving from the CPM to the Congress, there is speculation whether another leader will follow soon. At Tuesday’s meeting, the Opposition also resolved to fight against the removal of Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site.
A Samajwadi Party MP told NDTV that he shared a table with Congress MPs from Kerala and discussed the prospect of forming an SP government in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said the MPs from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Bengal discussed the coming Durga Puja, and it was decided that there would be no protests or sit-ins for the next few days – a brief hiatus for the festive season. The bloc would take on the matter both legally and politically, sources said.
