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AAP announced its exit from Opposition’s INDIA bloc. The grouping is set to hold its first meeting since the 2024 Lok Sabha polls today.
INDIA Bloc meeting: Opposition leaders to hold online meeting today (PTI File Image)
Ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, the Opposition parties of the INDIA bloc will hold an online meeting on Saturday evening to strategise on the issues to be raised during the session that begins on Monday.
The meeting of the INDIA bloc will take place after a long gap and will be the first since last year’s Lok Sabha Elections in which the Opposition put up a decent fight but failed to dislodge the BJP-led NDA from power at the Centre.
The meeting comes on the heels of the Aam Aadmi Party’s announcement of its exit from the bloc that was formed ahead of the general elections to take on the Narendra Modi government. The grouping has since then been in tatters, as the allies were nowhere to be seen fighting as partners in the Assembly polls that followed the national elections – Haryana and Delhi being the prime examples.
Who Will Attend Today’s INDIA Bloc Meet?
The AAP has announced its exit from the bloc and is unlikely to register its presence in the online meet. The party said that the INDIA bloc “failed to stay united and take steps to further its agenda”.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, which earlier said that it would skip the meeting, has now affirmed its participation through Abhishek Banerjee.
No other ally of the group has announced their unavailability to attend the meeting that is set to take place at 7 pm.
“A meeting of the leaders of the INDIA parties will be held online on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 7 pm to discuss the prevailing political situation in the country,” Congress general secretary KC Venugopal tweeted on Thursday.
The Opposition is expected to raise issues such as the electoral roll revision in Bihar, the Pahalgam terror attack, and Operation Sindoor.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh reacted to the AAP’s announcement to quit the bloc and said that all parties of the alliance have been invited.
“I cannot say anything about that. All parties of the India Alliance have been invited. Those who want will come and those who stay separated will not come,” he told news agency ANI.
He reaffirmed the unity of the grouping and said that the prominent leaders of respective parties will meet online on Saturday and later hold an in-person meeting in the national capital.
“People would not be able to come to Delhi on Saturday due to different programmes. It has been decided that we will have an online meeting before the Parliament session. After that, we will meet in Delhi also,” news agency PTI quoted Jairam as saying.
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