Opposition Meet: In the wake of upcoming Lok Sabha election 2024, the Congress is girding up its loins to rally the support from different parties. The opposition meeting was scheduled to be held from July 17-18 in Karnataka.
Total 25 political party will join the meet on Monday in Karnataka. This is the second opposition unity meet this year. Earlier, it was hosted by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in Patna.
Prominent leaders of 26 parties reached at a hotel in Bengaluru on July 17-18 as part of their efforts to present a united front against the BJP government in the Centre. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, has been deputed as in-charge to monitor all the preparations for the meeting. Arrangements have been made for all the opposition leaders to stay at a five-star hotel in the city, party sources said.
As per a tentative schedule, on Monday, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh, and Congress general secretary, KC Venugopal will hold a joint press conference at 11 am.
And all the opposition leaders will start arriving for the meeting in the afternoon.
An informal meeting is scheduled at 6 pm after which there will be dinner at 8 pm. On July 18, the meeting will kick off at 11 am and will continue till 4 pm.
Following this, there will be a press conference in which the campaign strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls may be announced.
According to sources, the name of the opposition alliance will be decided, and the common minimum program will be discussed in the Bengaluru meeting.
Sources said that a discussion may also be held on how to field a common opposition candidate on at least 80 per cent of the Lok Sabha seats against the BJP, how to have alliances in the states and how to distribute tickets at key constituencies.
