INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The opposition parties that have come together under the banner of INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) will
start holding talks for seat sharing at the earliest
The INDIA parties will also hold their first joint rally in October in Bhopal in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.This was decided at the first
meeting of the 14-member coordination committee of INDIA held today in the national capital.The coordination committee, which was
constituted during the third meeting of the anti-BJP alliance held in Mumbai, also decided to take up the issue of caste census
12 parties attended today's meeting
The Trinamool Congress did not attend the meeting as its nominee Abhishek Banerjee was called for ED questioning today.JD(U) leader Sanjay
Jha said, "Discussion happened on seat sharing and state wise the parties will finalise it soon." National Conference leader Omar Abdullah,
who was part of the coordination panel meeting, said, "The seats that are already held by members of the INDIA block should not be open for
discussion, we should be discussing the seats held by the BJP, NDA or parties that are not part of either of those alliances."AAP leader
Raghav Chadha said "The coordination committee has authorised its sub-group on media to decide which anchors of various channels the INDIA
parties will boycott."Today's meeting of INDIA parties came against the backdrop of the success of the opposition bloc in the recently
concluded bypolls to 7 assembly seats across 6 states
Four INDIA parties won 4 seats in 4 states
Their victory in UP's Ghosi was significant as they all backed the Samajwadi Party against the BJP
However, in West Bengal and Kerala the allies fought against each other.
