INDIA bloc will hold coordination committee meeting today. Top updates

The meeting of the INDIA Bloc’s 14-member Coordination Committee, the grouping’s highest decision-making body, will be held at the residence of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar in Delhi. The coordination panel will meet today at 4 p.m.

. than 20 opposition parties have formed the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The coordination committee would act as the supreme decision-making body of the opposition alliance.

INDIA party leaders, at their last meeting in Mumbai, formed a fourteen-member coordination committee to chalk out the bloc’s further program.

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INDIA Block Meeting Agenda:

The INDIA Group Coordination Committee is expected to discuss seat-sharing formulas for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. According to a report by the Hindustan Times, Livemint’s sister publication, the seat-sharing formula will be based on the performance of parties in previous elections and the strength of the largest party member of the grouping in each state.

While seat-sharing agreements in Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are expected to be straightforward, states like West Bengal, Delhi and Punjab could pose a challenge.

It is believed that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and Nitish Kumar, along with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Yadav, have also pushed for an immediate discussion on seats in previous meetings.

The leaders of various opposition parties have sought an early seat-sharing formula to be worked out to ensure that a joint candidate from the opposition side is fielded against the BJP candidates in Lok Sabha seats.

Several leaders even said that the parties must shed “their egos” and “vested interests” to arrive at such a formula.

During the meeting, campaigns, social media, research and media will also be discussed. It will also focus on finalizing campaigns and rallies to be held in the coming days.

Leaders will also look at the decisions made during meetings of the various subgroups, such as the campaign committee, media working group, research and social media subgroups.

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Members of the INDIA Bloc Coordination Committee:

The members of the coordination committee are KC Venugopal (Congress), TR Baalu ​​(DMK), Hemant Soren (JMM), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena-UBT), Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Raghav Chadha (AAP), Javed Ali Khan (SP), Lalan Singh (JD-U), D Raja (CPI), Omar Abdullah (National Conference), Mehbooba Mufti (PDP), Abhishek Banerjee (TMC), and a member of CPI-M.

Banerjee, who has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before the directorate on the same day, will not attend the meeting.

The CPI-M has not yet nominated a member for the committee and will also be absent from the meeting.

Updated: Sep 13, 2023 07:38 IST