Remarking that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “uneasiness” had increased following the June 23 meeting of Opposition parties in Patna, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on June 29 said that the next meeting of Opposition parties would be held in Bengaluru on July 13 and 14.
“It appears that the PM’s uneasiness has increased after our Patna meeting where leaders of 16 Opposition parties gathered. He was in America when we met in Patna… On his return, when he came to know of our meeting, his uneasiness started increasing and he began attacking us at a personal level. He even called our meeting ‘a photogenic session’. We have taken a decision to meet again on July 13 and 14 in Bengaluru,” Mr. Pawar said, adding that a previous plan to hold the meeting in Shimla had been scrapped as the hill-station was facing excess rainfall.
“The decision to choose Bengaluru as the next venue was taken today. There, we shall discuss future electoral strategy and the means on how to combat the ruling party’s [BJP’s] misuse of power and the communal situations it was creating in many States,” Mr. Pawar said.
