NCP to present blueprint for opposition unity at national convention on Sept 11

The Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP is holding its eighth national convention in New Delhi on Sunday to send a message of opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modiled BJPPawar who had surprised the BJP by forging an unlikely alliance of CongressShiv SenaNCP to form government in Maharashtra after the 2019 assembly elections has already appealed to opposition parties to keep aside differences and join hands to challenge the Modi juggernautThe Extended Working Committee of the NCP which is meeting here on Saturday evening is set to adopt a set of resolutions calling for opposition unity assessment of the economic scenario farmers issues womens empowerment which will be a critique of the Modi governments performance on these countsThese resolutions can be the blueprint for opposition unity a senior NCP leader said adding the issues flagged by the party seek to give voice to the problems faced by the common man and cut the rhetoric promoted by the Modi governmentPawar and top NCP leaders are scheduled to address the partys eighth National Convention at the Talkatora Stadium on SundayPawar is also expected to release a booklet of the promises made by Modi to be fulfilled by 2022 such as building toilets providing housing to all drinking water to all and broadband connectivity to every villageAlso Read Sharad Pawar advocates unity of Opposition parties for 2024 electionsIn his public interactions the NCP supremo has been asserting that the BJP does not rule 70 per cent land mass of the country through a popular mandate contending that it had come to power in Karnataka Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra by toppling the opposition governmentsAccording to an assessment by the NCP leadership opposition unity was not a mirage and can be achieved by deft handling of competing aspirations and fired by a common zeal to take on PM ModiA senior NCP leader said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the Congress were agreeable to issues raised by the NCPHowever the challenge before the opposition was to bring competing parties such as the AAP and Congress Trinamool Congress and Left pirates on the same table he saidThe NCP leadership believes that K Chandrasekhar Raos TRS too was open to some adjustments with the Congress to keep Modi away but getting the Akali Dal and the AAP on the same page could be a challenge in PunjabOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik does not want to upset the BJP at the national level but is determined not to allow the saffron party to grow in the state the NCP leader saidThe NCP is also likely to propose holding rallies in Patna Kolkata and Mumbai to put on a grand display of opposition unity as leaders work towards a joint agenda for the 2024 electionsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever