DELHI: The INDIA bloc parties have decided to meet in mid-December in the capital before the end of the winter session to move forward on the seat-sharing talks, create a joint narrative and finalise a joint manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
TMC sources said party chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will attend the INDIA bloc meeting which is likely to be held around December 15-16.
Amid signs of discord among the coalition partners since the Congress' defeat in the three Hindi heartland states, coordination among the party leaders seems to continue. The alliance leaders have been invited to attend the swearing-in of Revanth Reddy as chief minister of Telangana for Thursday, the first government to be headed by Congress since the creation of the state.
TMC sources said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had called Mamata to invite her for the function. But since she is touring north Bengal, the TMC chief has deputed party's Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien to attend the function in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Earlier, leaders of several parties disapproved of the Congress' decision to hold a joint meeting on December 6 at a quick notice. JDU cgief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, SP chief Akhilesh Singh and Mamata had expressed their inability to attend the meeting.