Congress party has proposed a meeting of like-minded party leaders to discuss the current political situation and strategy in the run-up to next year’s national elections. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has reached out to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Chief MK Stalin over the phone and invited him to join the proposed meeting. The DMK, which is a key ally of the Congress in Tamil Nadu and at the national level, has extended its support to the Congress’s plan for an opposition meeting. However, no date and venue for the meeting have been finalized yet, as the Congress is waiting for the response of other opposition parties such as the Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the Left parties.
The Congress hopes to build on the unity shown by the generally splintered opposition parties during the budget session and form a broader alliance ahead of the 2024 general elections. Mamata Banerjee, who is also the head of Trinamool Congress, has been advocating for a united opposition to take on the BJP in the 2024 elections. In fact, she has been one of the most vocal opponents of the BJP and its policies, and has been critical of the Modi government on several issues. Banerjee has also been actively trying to bring together opposition parties on a common platform to take on the BJP. In March 2023, she had said that her party would contest the elections alone, but would work towards a united opposition to defeat the BJP.
