The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will conduct an opposition rally, on the 19th of January, at
Brigade Parade Ground, West Bengal (WB.)
Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, yesterday, conducted a press meet at the State Secretariat, Nabbana, Kolkata and confirmed the participation of non BJP parties in the rally.
Ms. Banerjee said, “You will witness how big the representation will be this year from all regions. Heavy-weight national leaders, including a former prime minister and ex-chief ministers will attend this meeting.” She further added, “Political leaders from Kashmir to Kanyakumari — H D Devegowda (former PM), H D Kumaraswamy (Karnataka CM), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi CM), Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party chief), Sharad Pawar (Nationalist Congress Party chief), Farooq Abdullah (National Conference chief) — and many more will be attending the rally.”
When asked about the participation of the Left wing (the Congress party,) Ms. Banerjee said,”I had invited the Left, including the Kerala Chief Minister. I have performed my responsibility. If any party does not want to come due to political compulsions, I respect the decision.”
Rahul Gandhi, the President of the Congress party, and Sonia Gandhi, the Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA,) are expected to skip the rally. Apart from the Congress party, Mayawati Das, the leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP,) is also likely to avoid the mega rally.
However, representatives of the Congress party and the BSP will attend the rally in West Bengal.
The megal rally is said to be a campaign strategy against the BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections, 2019.
