Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will attend the second gathering of a coalition of non-BJP parties on July 18 in Bengaluru, lending additional political weight to the recently formed Opposition unity.
On July 17, Siddaramaiah, the chief minister of Karnataka, will host a dinner, and Sonia Gandhi, the head of the Congress parliamentary committee, will also attend. The conference in Bengaluru is more important than the opening event on June 23 in Patna. Eight other opposition groups will join the summit in Bengaluru: the MDMK, KMDMK, Kerala Congress (M), Kerala Congress (J), RSP, Forward Bloc, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Sonia was asked to attend the meeting as the UPA chairperson and also because the Opposition meeting will be held in a state that is governed by the Congress, according to officials in Congress.
According to a senior functionary close to Congress chairman Mallikarjun Kharge, “Gandhi made the decision to attend the meeting at least three weeks ago.” Sonia Gandhi’s attendance at the Bengaluru summit will be crucial as the leader of the opposition and someone with extensive experience running a national coalition.
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