Opposition parties meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday decided to name their alliance the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, leaders part of the meeting revealed today. The decision comes as a rebranding measure for the erstwhile UPA which was in government from 2004-2014.
“Our alliance will be called Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced while addressing the media after the Bengaluru meeting.
The decision was arrived at during a meeting of the 26 Opposition leaders currently underway in the Karnataka capital. The meeting is being chaired by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi amid indications that she could be appointed the chairperson of the grouping and Nitish Kumar its convener.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal, which also tweeted announcing the decision, later deleted its tweet. As many as 26 Opposition parties are meeting for a two-day convention in Bengaluru to strategise on a united fight against the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Giving the Opposition alliance a name was one of the discussion points listed ahead of the meeting while sticky issues like seat-sharing and prime ministerial face are believed to have been left to a later date.
The meeting of the 26 Opposition parties coincides with a parallel meeting being convened by the National Democratic Alliance in Delhi. The meeting will see the presence of 38 parties, the BJP has claimed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair the event.
The Congress president also announced that the next meeting of the Opposition alliance will take place in Mumbai and the dates will announced at a later date.