To Show Unity INDIA Bloc Starts Strategy Meet at Kharge’s Residence, TMC Absent

New Delhi: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc are holding a crucial strategy meet at the Delhi residence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday afternoon.

As per reports, Aam Aadmi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh, CPM’s Sitarm Yechury, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and others have already reached the place.

But Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is not attending the meeting in view of the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls and relief operations for victims of Cyclone Remal.

Political analysts feel this crucial meeting of the leaders of the INDIA bloc is aimed at keeping their unity intact in case the NDA wins by narrow margins.

Some opposition leaders expect the NDA to get no more than 260-270 seats, which leaves it short of the majority mark by a few seats. Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav has predicted no more than 270 seats for the NDA. , which leaves it short of the majority mark by just two seats.

The Congress has refused to take part in exit poll discussions after the end of the polling process on Saturday evening.