Battle of 2024 Lok Sabha polls: NDA’s 38 vs Opposition’s 26 in today’s meeting
Live MintThe country will witness a high-voltage political showdown today as on one side the Opposition parties will gather for the 2nd of the joint meeting in Bengaluru, on the other side, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA will convene a mega meet in New Delhi. While BJP National President JP Nadda announced that 38 National Democratic Alliance partners have confirmed their attendance at the meeting to be held today, the opposition's team is a combination of 26 prominent parties such as TMC, AAP, JD, Samajwadi Party, CPI, etc. Opposition parties Day-1 meeting Top leaders of 26 opposition parties arrived in Bengaluru on Monday for a two-day brainstorming session with a call for unity. "United We Stand" is the slogan on posters that dotted the streets of Bengaluru with pictures of opposition leaders, including Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, NCP's Sharad Pawar, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, DMK chief M K Stalin and leaders of Left and some regional outfits.