BJP-led NDA claims 38-party support as 26 parties join Opposition meet to chalk out 2024 strategy
2024 Lok Sabha Elections. With less than a year to go for the 2024 elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the challenger again, both camps are leaving no stones unturned to claim victory. As BJP-led NDA looks to return to power for a third straight term, , the Opposition parties seek to defeat the saffron party in the elections.
The Opposition meeting coincides with the NDA meeting convened on 18 July in Delhi, where some new allies are likely to join the ruling BJP-led coalition. JP Nadda on Monday announced that Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan has decided to join the NDA.
Nadda, who met Chirag Paswan in Delhi, welcomed him into the "NDA family". Further, during a press meet, Nadda said leaders of 38 parties have confirmed their participation in a meeting of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to be held in the national capital on Tuesday The meeting of the BJP-led coalition is scheduled to be held on a day several opposition parties are set to hold deliberations in Bengaluru to chalk out a joint strategy to take on the BJP unitedly in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The NDA meet in Delhi will see the presence of a host of existing and new BJP allies as the ruling party has worked overtime in recent weeks and months to seal fresh alliances and win back those who had quit the ruling combine. Top leaders of 26 opposition parties arrived at Bengaluru and were welcomes by Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, and Deputy CM Shivakumar.
They convened for a two-day brainstorming session with a call for unity and are expected to chalk out their joint programme aimed at defeating the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. "United We Stand" is the slogan on posters that dotted the streets of
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