MVA forms committees for I-N-D-I-A meet in Mumbai on Aug 31 and Sep 1

The Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA comprising the Shiv Sena UBT NCP and Congress has formed several committees to plan various aspects of the meeting of the opposition bloc INDIA on August 31 and September 1 in Mumbai reported the PTISources on Friday said the committees which include two leaders from each of the three parties will take care of media social media accommodation transport among other thingsThe Congress will handle media and publicity while the Nationalist Congress Party NCP will take care of transportThe Shiv Sena UBT will look after accommodation they said adding that more than 200 rooms have been booked in Grand Hyatt hotel which will be the venue for the two day meetThe management is being supervised by Congress leaders Milind Deora Naseem Khan and Varsha Gaikwad while former Maharashtra chief minister and senior leader Ashok Chavan will be overall in charge of the organising committee they saidSources said MVA leaders will hold a press conference on August 30 to announce details of the INDIA meetingLeaders from 28 opposition outfits including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and MPs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and chief ministers of six nonBJPruled states will participate in the third meeting of the bloc on August 31 and September 1The INDIA blocs first meeting was held in Patna in June while the second one took place in Bengaluru in midJuly The Bengaluru conclave had finalised the name of the bloc INDIAn National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIAEarlier the leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA have met Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar ahead of the meeting of the opposition bloc INDIA in Mumbai reported news agency PTIAfter the interaction with Phansalkar on Tuesday Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative council Ambadas Danve told reporters that their delegation discussed security preparations ahead of the INDIA alliances meeting which will be attended by top opposition leaders including chief ministers of various states reported PTIApart from Danve the delegation comprised Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad and Shiv Sena UBT leader Anil Desai among othersThe INDIA blocs first meeting was held in Patna in June and the second in Bengaluru last monthThe Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance known by its abbreviation INDIA is an opposition front announced by the leaders of 26 parties to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to challenge the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Partyled National Democratic Alliance NDAThe logo of opposition INDIA alliance is likely to be unveiled during the fronts meeting in Mumbai sources earlier told PTIwith PTI inputs