(FE)
Sonia Gandhi, former Congress party president, has convened a meeting of all opposition parties on Thursday to attempt to forge an anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance. It comes two days after a similar meeting convened and chaired by Sharad Pawar, chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), suggesting that there is no consensus on the leadership of a likely alliance of opposition parties.
The political development is interesting as both the Congress and NCP are trying to bring together opposition parties under one umbrella. In Monday’s meeting, senior Congress leaders are said to have stressed that Sonia Gandhi has been chairing such opposition meetings and continues to lead an anti-BJP alliance.
“The Congress party has to accommodate senior allies who have stood by them for long. Sharad Pawar is one of the senior most opposition leaders with good equations with almost all political parties. Congress leaders should understand and try to benefit from Pawar’s experience,” a senior NCP functionary said requesting anonymity.
