Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 15: Opposition leaders on Wednesday adopted a resolution to field a common candidate in the forthcoming Presidential election. This comes after the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Opposition meeting at the Constitution Club of India in Delhi to establish a common strategy for the impending presidential elections.
Sharad Pawar’s name was once again floated as a presidential candidate, but the NCP chairman turned it down.
“Several parties were here today. We’ve decided we will choose only one consensus candidate. Everybody will give this candidate our support. We will consult with others. This is a good beginning. We sat together after several months, and we will do it again,” Mamata Banerjee said.
The opposition leaders’ conference convened by Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday included representatives from 16 parties: the Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPIML, RSP, Shiv Sena, NCP, RJD, SP, National Conference, PDP, JD(S), DMK, RLD, IUML, and JMM.
Mamata Banerjee, the TMC’s supremo, wrote to 22 opposition leaders and chief ministers this week, inviting them to a meeting on June 15 at the Constitution Club in New Delhi. Non-BJP parties were invited to the summit, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and CPI(M) national secretary Sitaram Yechury. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Aam Aadmi Party skipped the meeting.
