Sharad Pawar hosts meeting of opposition leaders to discuss various issues

Leaders of several opposition parties including TMC, SP, AAP, RLD the Left assembled at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence here on Tuesday discussed various issues facing the country, amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the ruling BJP.

Leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Nilotpal Basu, who attended the meeting, said it was not a political meeting but an interaction among like-minded people.

“Issues like COVID management, ‘attack’ on institutions unemployment were discussed at the meeting,” he said.

The meeting lasted over two hours.

Former finance minister Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Yashwant Sinha, Samajwadi Party’s (SP) Ghanshyam Tiwari, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary, Sushil Gupta from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Binoy Viswam from the Communist Party of India (CPI) were among those present at the meeting.

National Conference (NC) leader former Jammu Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, former Congress leader Sanjay Jha former Janata Dal (United) leader Pavan Verma also participated.

Other prominent personalities who arrived at Pawar’s residence to attend the meeting were Javed Akhtar KC Singh.

Earlier in the day, a senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, on the condition of anonymity, said though Pawar is hosting the meeting, it has been organised by Yashwant Sinha who is the convenor of the Rashtra Manch.

Sinha formed the Rashtra Manch, a political action group, in 2018 that targeted the BJP-led government’s policies.

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