Advertisement

Updated January 13th, 2020 at 16:39 IST

Sena, TMC, BSP, DMK bunk: Amid dwindling 'Opposition', here's who answered Congress' call

Amid the protests over CAA & NRC, Congress on Monday called for an all Opposition meeting. Many parties snubbed it. Here is the list of leaders who attended it

Reported by: Jay Pandya
Congress
| Image:self
Advertisement

Amid the widespread protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and a proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC), the opposition parties met on Monday to discuss the current political situation and figure out their strategy. The meeting called by the Congress was expected to be a show of strength but the absence of parties like Mamata Banerjee's TMC, BSP, Shiv Sena, DMK and AAP made it look ordinary. Despite this, few opposition party leaders attended the meeting at the Parliament Annexe Building.

Here is the list of the leaders who were a part of the meeting:

1. Congress

  • Party President Sonia Gandhi
  • Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi
  • Dr Manmohan Singh
  • Ghulam Nabi Azad
  • AK Antony 
  • Ahmed Patel 
  • KC Venugopal 

2. NCP

  • Sharad Pawar
  • Praful Patel

3. CPI (M)

  • Sitaram Yechuri 
  • D Raja

4. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

  • Hemant Soren 

5. Rashtriya Janata Dal 

  • Manoj Jha

6. Loktantrik Janta Dal (LJD)

  • Sharad Yadav

Other leaders who attended the meeting were IUML's PK Kinhalikutty, Shatrujeet Singh from Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Mir Mohammad Fayaz from PDP, Hasnain Masoodi NC. Members from parties like JDS, RLD, Forward Bloc etc were also present.

Earlier in the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati decided to stay away. Mayawati tweeted that her party was boycotting the meet as the Congress had poached her MLAs in Rajasthan. Mayawati had dissolved the party's executive in Rajasthan after all  its six legislators joined the Congress. Congress ally in Tamil Nadu, the DMK, has also skipped the meeting despite the party and its president MK Stalin being vocal in its opposition to the citizenship law. 

READ | 'If Cong-NCP don't behave, Uddhav will resign': Cong neta reveals unhappiness, compulsions

READ | Cong's 'Opposition Unity' meet a sham? AAP says it wasn't invited; Mamata, Mayawati skip

The Aam Aadmi Party, too, decided not to attend the meeting. Party leader Sanjay Singh said that the party was "not aware" of the meeting and hence they would not attend it. There was also confusion over whether Shiv Sena, which is in alliance with the Congress in Maharashtra, would attend the meeting as varying reports came through the day. Later, sources in Uddhav Thackeray's party said they had not received a formal invite for the meeting and hence could not attend.

READ | Big Blow to Sonia Gandhi: Mayawati accuses Congress of poaching, will skip Opposition meet

READ | Kejriwal snubs Sonia: AAP follows Mamata & Mayawati, skips Cong's 'all-Opposition' meeting

Advertisement

Published January 13th, 2020 at 16:39 IST

Your Voice. Now Direct.

Send us your views, we’ll publish them. This section is moderated.

Advertisement
Advertisement

Trending Quicks

Khushi Kapoor
a few seconds ago
rupees-dearness-allowance
a few seconds ago
Congress Press Conference
a minute ago
 Development is BJP's Main Agenda Says Kangana Ranaut As She Launches Campaign In Mandi
2 minutes ago
Dog walking tips
2 minutes ago
Vijay Varma
4 minutes ago
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir
6 minutes ago
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Rajya Sabha MP Keshava Rao is set to join the Congress party.
10 minutes ago
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif Meets Country's Youngest Vlogger
11 minutes ago
Byju's leadership dispute
12 minutes ago
Pulkit Samrat
18 minutes ago
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE
18 minutes ago
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
19 minutes ago
Sunita Kejriwal urged people to send ‘messages of support’ to Delhi CM
21 minutes ago
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Whatsapp logo