INDIA bloc leaders to hold meet after LS poll results to discuss plan of action

The INDIA bloc leaders will hold a meeting in Delhi after results are announced for the Lok Sabha elections. The decision to convene a meeting to discuss and deliberate strategy after the poll results announcement was taken on June 1, as per sources.

The meeting of the top leaders of INDIA bloc will be held either tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning, sources said.

Leaders of several INDIA bloc parties had met at the residence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on June 1. Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and KC Venugopal were also present at the meeting.

Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), CPI, DMK, JMM, AAP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the NCP (Sharad Pawar) were also represented at the meeting.

Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh



Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Anil Desai, Sitaram Yechury, Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha, Champai Soren, Kalpana Soren, T R Baalu, Farooq Abdullah, D Raja, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Jitendra Awhad and Mukesh Sahani attended the meeting.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti did not attend the meeting.

After the meeting, MAllikarjun Kharge said the leaders of INDIA parties met informally to take stock of the preparations leading up to the counting day.

Kharge said that INDIA bloc will get 295-plus seats in the Lok Sabha seats.

Meanwhile, the poll of exit polls suggests that the BJP-led NDA is returning to power for the third consecutive term with a huge majority, winning 379 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats.