Mumbai Opposition may be postponed as several INDIA leaders unavailable on August 25-26
An upcoming Opposition meet in Mumbai may be postponed as several leaders of the INDIA coalition have flagged their unavailability. The meeting - scheduled for August 25 and 26 - is likely to be postponed until the first week of September.
The third meeting will be hosted by the Maha Vikas Aghadi members, with former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) taking the lead in organising. "August 25-26 is still under consideration but we are looking at another set of dates to ensure that everyone is available," a senior leader of the INDIA bloc in Mumbai said.
The INDIA bloc's first meeting was held in Patna in June and the second in Bengaluru earlier this month. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, whose party recently saw a split, will embark on a tour of Maharashtra from mid-August and is among the leaders who will be unavailable next month.
However with the senior politician slated to share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 1, many lawmakers have also voiced concern. Many members are learnt to have expressed concern during a meeting of the INDIA bloc members on Friday with some saying that a senior member of the alliance sharing stage with Modi will reflect badly on the coalition.
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