4 Opposition Leaders to Skip All-Party Meet

4 Opposition Leaders to Skip All-Party Meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding an all-party meet on Wednesday with the key opposition parties of the country to discuss the idea of holding simultaneous elections.

The 'OneNation, One Poll' which was part of BJP's 2019 manifesto has made theopposition weary about the prospects.

According toa report, sources said that the opposition is skeptical about the idea and arelooking the all-party meet as a 'trap' set by the BJP. The band of oppositionparties will be meeting on Wednesday morning to hold discussions before goingfor the Modi meet.

However, DMK President MK Stalin, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao and TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu will not attend the all party meet of political leaders convened by Modi.

PM Modi hasinvited the heads of all the political parties that have at least one membereither in the Lok Sabha or in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue.

While most oppositionparties are undecided on what stand to take on simultaneous elections, MamataBanerjee wrote to the Centre and advised that a white paper be prepared on itinstead of making a hurried decision.

Related Stories

No stories found.
national>>national/4-opposition-leaders-to-skip-all-party-meet
logo
Pratidin Time
www.pratidintime.com