The meet will broadly follow the points raised during the Congress Working Committee meeting held today, where a resolution was passed demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and calling for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resignation. The agenda for the INDIA alliance meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 30, has been finalised.
The meet will also draw up a strategy to launch a nationwide agitation. Protests and public rallies against the Chief Election Commissioner will be held across the country, while an impeachment motion will be moved in Parliament. The spate of protests by the united Opposition will begin with a series of rallies – the first one in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan and then in various states. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi will represent the Congress at this meeting, while Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee, Kalyan Banerjee and Derek O’Brien will attend on behalf of the Trinamool Congress. CPM general secretary MA Baby has advocated for expanding the INDIA alliance and has written to all parties proposing the inclusion of anti-BJP parties from various states.
The INDIA Bloc might even announce the date of the first rally, sources said. Congress’s former ally DMK – which left the Opposition bloc after the alliance ended – also said they cannot attend the meeting though they support the issue. No positive response has been received from the Biju Janata Dal, BRS, or YSR Congress, sources said. The Congress believes that the INDIA meet will be historic, as it will pave the way for a united opposition to take on the government both on the streets and in parliament, sources said.
