The second day of the INDIA's bloc meeting concluded with the opposition leaders declaring that they will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections together "as far as possible". A joint statement was released by the INDIA alliance parties after the meeting on Friday.
The seat-sharing arrangements in different states will be initiated immediately and concluded at the earliest in a collaborative spirit of give-and-take, said the statement.
"We, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to coordinate our respective communications and media strategies and campaigns with the theme Judega Bharat, Jiteega India in different languages," read the statement.
A co-ordination committee was formed comprising senior leaders Sharad Pawar, K.C. Venugopal, Hemant Soren, and Tejashwi Yadav among others.
Meanwhile, Congress president Mallikarjun Khage criticised BJP-led central government of "playing vendetta politics".
“The communal poison that the BJP and RSS have spread over the last 9 years is now seen in hate crimes against innocent train passengers and against innocent school children…It is no surprise that when people involved in gruesome rape are released and felicitated in one part of the county, it encourages horrific crimes and parading of naked women in the other. In Modi ji’s India, the wife of a Kargil brave heart is also not spared,” Kharge said.
He also said that Prime Minister Modi wants to keep states under check. “Investors are forced to move their investments and projects out of opposition ruled states to states ruled by the BJP,” he added.
Here's the full list of committee members formed by the INDIA alliance:
Coordination Committee and Election Strategy Committee, INDIA
1. KC Venugopal, INC
2. Sharad Pawar, NCP
3. TR Baalu, DMK
4. Hemant Soren, JMM
5. Sanjay Raut, SS
6. Tejasvi Yadav, RJD
7. Abhishek Banerjee, TMC
8. Raghav Chaddha, AAP
9. Javed Ali Khan, SP
10. Lallan Singh, JD(U)
11. D Raja, CPI
12. Omar Abdullah, NC
13. Mehbooba Mufti, PDP
14. CPI-M (to give name later)
Campaign Committee, INDIA
1. Gurdeep Singh Sappal, INC
2. Sanjay Jha, JD(U)
3. Anil Desai, SS
4. Sanjay Yadav, RJD
5. PC Chako, NCP
6. Champai Soren, JMM
7. Kiranmoy Nanda, SP
8. Sanjay Singh, AAP
9. Arun Kumar, CPI(M)
10. Binoy Vishwam, CPI
11. Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi, NC
12. Shahid Sidd
Coordination Committee and Election Strategy Committee, INDIA
1. KC Venugopal, INC
2. Sharad Pawar, NCP
3. TR Baalu, DMK
4. Hemant Soren, JMM
5. Sanjay Raut, SS
6. Tejasvi Yadav, RJD
7. Abhishek Banerjee, TMC
8. Raghav Chaddha, AAP
9. Javed Ali Khan, SP
10. Lallan Singh, JD(U)
11. D Raja, CPI
12. Omar Abdullah, NC
13. Mehbooba Mufti, PDP
14. CPI-M (to give name later)
Campaign Committee, INDIA
1. Gurdeep Singh Sappal, INC
2. Sanjay Jha, JD(U)
3. Anil Desai, SS
4. Sanjay Yadav, RJD
5. P C Chako, NCP
6. Champai Soren, JMM
7. Kiranmoy Nanda, SP
8. Sanjay Singh, AAP
9. Arun Kumar, CPI(M)
10. Binoy Vishwam, CPI
11. Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi, NC
12. Shahid Siddiqui, RLD
13. N K Premachandran, RSP
14. G. Devarajan, AIFB
15. Ravi Rai, CPI(ML)
16. Thirumavalan, VCK
17. K M Kadar Moidin, IUML
18. Jose K. Mani, KC(M)
19. TMC (to give name later)
Working Group for Social Media
1. Supriya Srinate, INC
2. Sumit Sharma, RJD
3. Ashish Yadav, SP
4. Rajeev Nigam, SP
5. Raghav Chaddha, AAP
6. Ms. Avindani, JMM
7. Ms. Iltija Mehbooba, PDP
8. Pranjal , CPM
9. Dr. Bhalchandran Kango, CPI
10. Ifra Ja, NC
11. V Arun Kumar, CPI(ML)
12. TMC (to give name later)
Working Group for Media
1. Jairam Ramesh, INC
2. Manoj Jha, RJD
3. Arvind Sawant, SS
4. Jitendra Ahwad, NCP
5. Raghav Chaddha, AAP
6. Rajiv Ranjan, JD(U)
7. Pranjal , CPM
8. Ashish Yadav, SP
9. Supriyo Bhattacharya, JMM
10. Alok Kumar, JMM
11. Manish Kumar, JD(U)
12. Rajeev Nigam, SP
13. Dr. Bhalchandran Kango, CPI
14. Tanvir Sadiq, NC
15. Prashant Kannojia
16. Naren Chatterjee, AIFB
17. Ms. Sucheta De, CPI(ML)
18. Mohit Bhan, PDP
19. TMC (to give name later)
Working Group for Research
1. Amitabh Dubey, INC
2. Prof. Subodh Mehta, RJD
3. Ms. Priyanka Chaturvedi, SS
4. Ms. Vandana Chavan, NCP
5. KC Tyagi, JD(U)
6. Sudivya Kumar Sonu, JMM
7. Ms. Jasmine Shah, AAP
8. Alok Ranjan, SP
9. Imran Nabi Dar, NC
10. Aditya, PDP
11. TMC (to give name later)
