Presidential Election: Mamta Will Not Attend Pawar’s Meeting
Presidential election: Mamta will not attend Sharad Pawar’s meeting, Abhishek Banerjee will represent TMC.
A senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) functionary said on Monday that the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee may represent the party in the meeting of opposition parties.
The meeting is convened by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on June 21 regarding the upcoming presidential election.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to attend the meeting due to her pre-scheduled schedule.
The TMC office-bearer said, “The Chief Minister has asked Abhishek Banerjee to attend the meeting. He was also present with Mamata Banerjee in the last meeting of the opposition on June 15.
In a meeting called by Mamata Banerjee in Delhi in June to chalk out a strategy for the upcoming presidential election, it was decided to “uphold the democratic values of the country”.
The candidate will be chosen as the candidate of the opposition. 17 parties participated in the meeting.
Leaders of Congress, the Samajwadi Party, Nationalist Congress Party, DMK, Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the Left attended the meeting.
While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), AIMIM, and Biju The Janata Dal (BJD) thought it appropriate to keep a distance from it.
Shiv Sena, Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M), CPI-ML, National Conference, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Janata Dal (Secular).
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Indian Union Muslim League, Rashtriya Lok Dal, And the leaders of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha also attended the meeting.
The term of the current President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24 and the election for his successor is to be held on July 18.
ED’s questioning of Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case resumes after lunch, Congress is protesting from place to place.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the fourth round of questioning in the money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.
In protest against this interrogation of Rahul, the Congress party is holding peaceful protests across the country.
The Wayanad MP was questioned by the ED from June 13 to 15 amid heavy protests by party leaders and workers.
Significantly, the ED had asked Rahul to appear again on June 17, but he requested the authorities to grant exemption from appearance and requested him to appear on June 20.
Later, the ED issued fresh summons to Rahul Gandhi to join the probe on Monday.
