BJP Should Tie Rakhi To Bilkis Bano, Wrestlers: Opposition Ahead Of Mega Meet

Mumbai:

A Common Minimum Programme and a dialogue about seat sharing may figure in the agenda of the third meeting of the united Opposition bloc INDIA, its leaders have indicated ahead of the two-day meet that begins in Mumbai tomorrow.

“We will be sitting and discussing a Common Minimum Programme,” veteran leader Sharad Pawar told reporters this evening.

“We have yet to start the dialogue for seat sharing. There is a chance that we might discuss this issue in this meeting and then give responsibility to leaders speak with state leaders about seat sharing,” he added.

Uddhav Thackeray, whose party Shiv Sena UBT is hosting the meet, started his media address  with a jab at the BJP.

“Today is Raksha Bandhan… The BJP should tie rakhi to Bilkis Bano, women of Manipur, women wrestlers… They should feel safe in the country and that’s why we have come together,” he said.