New Delhi: Reports have emerged of differences of opinion among the Chief Election Commissioners. In this situation, it has been announced that a consultative meeting of the INDIA alliance parties will be held today. In this meeting, it is planned to discuss bringing an impeachment motion against the Chief Election Commissioner.
In this situation, only West Bengal former Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, along with Left party leaders, have confirmed that they will take part in this meeting.
Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata’s nephew, is also joining her. Along with them, senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Mallikarjun Kharge will also take part.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh said he would not participate in the meeting, citing the Rajya Sabha election as the reason. He has said he will send someone else in his place. Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray has said he will participate via video conference.
As of yesterday evening, many members of the India Alliance had not confirmed their participation in this meeting. Among those listed are Nationalist Congress (SP) Sharad Pawar, Aam Aadmi's Arvind Kejriwal, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Hemant Soren, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav, and National Conference's Omar Abdullah. An invitation was also extended to Tamil Nadu's opposition party, the DMK. However, it was not confirmed whether anyone from that party would attend.
