In what could be the first meeting between CJP leaders and a section of the Opposition, a few Opposition leaders, including TMC’s Derek O’Brien and CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, have been invited to an exclusive Diwali party on Saturday hosted by CJP leader Saurav Das.
Senior CJP leaders, including Abhijeet Dipke and Ashutosh Ranka, are also expected to attend the gathering. Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and a few other AAP leaders are likely to join the celebrations as well. Of course, there would be serious political discussions about the current situation. Nation above all!”
On October 28, Dipke backed the Ramlila maidan rally and said, “The Cockroach Janta Party extends its support to the INDIA Bloc’s November 1 rally.
A senior Left leader told HT, “Some of us have been invited to the party.
The meeting assumes significance amid perceptions that a section of the Opposition is increasingly warming up to the CJP. Over the past few weeks, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has sent signals to the CJP leadership, which has also responded to his posts on social media. “Waving the Tricolour at Jantar Mantar in a peaceful protest is not a crime. Jailing youth for it is an act of cowardice,” he wrote on X.
The change has been driven by a series of public exchanges, beginning with Gandhi’s assertion that there were no parallel protests against the CEC, followed by his condemnation of the arrest of CJP activists and the group’s subsequent endorsement of the Congress-led INDIA bloc’s November 1 rally.
