Before attending the meeting, CPI MP Binoy Viswam said that the country needs change. People are ready for change.
Opposition parties’ meeting underway at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence (file photo)
The important meeting of opposition parties at the house of NCP Chief Sharad Pawar has now ended. The meeting lasted for about two and a half hours in which TMC leader Yashwant Sinha, lyricist Javed Akhtar, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah attended. CPI MP Binoy Vishwam also reached Sharad Pawar’s house to attend this meeting.
Before attending the meeting, he said, “It is a forum of all secular, democratic Left forces against the most hated government. A government that has failed. The country needs a change. People are ready for change.”
“The meeting was not against the BJP”
On the other hand, NCP leader Majid Menon told that “Today a meeting of the Rashtra Manch was held in Delhi. This meeting was not a meeting of parties united against the BJP nor was it organized to boycott the Congress. Congress was also invited. In this meeting, the political, economic and social issues of the country were discussed.
TMC leader Yashwant Sinha said after the meeting, “The meeting of the Rashtra Manch lasted for about 2.5 hours. A lot of issues were discussed in this meeting.”
#WATCH | Leaders of different Opposition parties and other eminent personalities hold a meeting at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar in New Delhi pic.twitter.com/vEdfXnmqPX
– ANI (@ANI) June 22, 2021
BJP’s reaction
On the other hand, reacting to this meeting, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi said, “Such meetings are organized by those leaders who have been repeatedly rejected by the public. This is not new. There are some companies which make profit from elections. They will obviously try to project every other leader as the next PM. No one can stop daydreaming”
What did NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik say?
Earlier, NCP spokesperson and Maharashtra Minorities Department Minister Nawab Malik had clearly said that Sharad Pawar is starting the work of bringing all opposition parties together across the country. The Aam Aadmi Party is getting involved in this. Representatives of Trinamool Congress will attend. Representatives of RJD will attend. Taking the names of all these parties, Nawab Malik clearly said that Sharad Pawar has started the work of gathering all the opposition parties of the country.
What did Sanjay Raut say?
On the other hand, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, while reacting to the meeting, said that ‘Who said this is a meeting of opposition parties? Who said that Third Front or Fourth Front is being formed? There is no Shiv Sena, there is no Samajwadi Party, there is no Bahujan Samaj Party, there is no Chandrababu Naidu, K. Chandrashekhar Rao is not. Then from where did this meeting of opposition parties take place? Sharad Pawar is the senior leader of the country. In many cases people keep meeting him to get his opinion. Be it political matters or any matter related to the country’s economy, co-operative sector, agriculture. This is a meeting of the organization named ‘Rashtra Manch’ created by Yashwant Sinha in 2018.’
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