Date for next summit of INDIA parties will be out soon: Kharge

The gathering did not deliberate on the recent Assembly elections where the Congress lost Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh to the BJP or the differences that arose between the allies during campaigning; neither was any word spoken on the alliance’s strategy for 2024 Lok Sabha polls Parliamentary floor leaders of 17 parties met at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence for a dinner meeting to discuss the strategy for the Winter Session of Parliament. There were no representatives from Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal Thackeray). It was decided at the meeting that the next summit of the INDIA parties will be held soon in the third week of December after consulting with the other party chiefs. The Congress last week had called for a meeting of heads of INDIA bloc parties on December 6. The meeting, however, could not take place as at least three senior leaders — TMC’s Mamata Banerjee, DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar — expressed their inability to attend the meet. Instead, it was decided that a meeting of Parliamentary leaders would be held.Source:thehindu.com