Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge declared on Tuesday that the opposition alliance that convened in Bengaluru will be known as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India), and that a secretariat will be established in Delhi to administer the election campaign.
Kharge indicated that the next opposition party meeting will be place in Mumbai. The Congress head also announced the formation of an 11-member coordination committee, the members of which will be determined at the Mumbai conference.
“An 11-member coordination committee will be set up. We are going to meet again in Mumbai, there we will discuss the names of the members of the coordination committee. The date will be announced shortly,” Kharge said at the joint press conference after the meeting in Bengaluru.
In a jab at the gathering of the 38-member BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Kharge stated, “We haven’t even heard the names of many parties.”
“NDA is holding a meeting with 30 parties. I have not heard about so many parties in India. Earlier they didn’t hold any meetings but now they are meeting one by one (with NDA parties) PM Modi is now afraid of opposition parties. We have gathered here to save democracy and the Constitution,” Kharge said.
