Patna (Bihar) [India], June 8 (ANI): A number of outstanding opposition leaders together with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee will attend the opposition assembly, to be convened by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Janata Dal (United) (JDU) Nationwide President Lalan Singh knowledgeable and mentioned that the assembly which was earlier scheduled to happen on June 12 has now been postponed to June 23.
“The opposition assembly will likely be held on twenty third June, in Patna. All opposition events have agreed to this… Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and get together chief Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Uddhav Thackeray, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, CPI Gen Secy D Raja, Sitaram Yechury and Dipankar Bhattacharya will attend the meet,” Singh mentioned whereas addressing a press convention right here on Wednesday.
The assembly, which is geared toward laying the groundwork for the approaching collectively of like-minded Opposition events in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP authorities on the Centre, was initially scheduled to be held on June 12.
Nevertheless, the assembly was pushed again after a number of Opposition leaders, together with Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, expressed their lack of ability to attend the assembly on June 12, citing prior engagements and preoccupations.
After JDU had introduced the assembly of Opposition events on June 12, earlier, DMK chief Stalin mentioned he had sought a postponement of the June 12 assembly, as he could be busy attending an inaugural ceremony on the identical date.
“I will likely be attending the inaugural ceremony of Mettur Dam on the identical date (because the Opposition assembly). It is a vital occasion. Even the Congress president (Mallikarjun Kharge) will likely be held up at a unique occasion and received’t be capable to attend the assembly on that day. So, I’ve requested for the assembly of Opposition events to be pushed again. Nevertheless, the DMK will certainly take part within the assembly,” Tamil Nadu CM Stalin mentioned.
Nitish Kumar has been rooting for Opposition unity since he left the Nationwide Democratic Alliance and joined the Grand Alliance to kind a brand new authorities in August final 12 months. (ANI)
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