Mumbai, August 31: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday arrived in Mumbai to attend the third meeting of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). Earlier today, Congress supporters gathered outside Mumbai airport to welcome party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

The third meeting of the INDIA alliance will be held in Maharashtra's Mumbai on August 31 and September 1. The INDIA leaders would go into an informal huddle on Thursday and the same would be followed by a formal meeting on September 1. INDIA Conclave: Mumbai Set To Host Third National Opposition Meeting on Friday, Parties To Discuss Strategy for 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.

Congress Leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi Arrive in Mumbai

The meeting will discuss the alliance strategies for the Lok Sabha election and the seat sharing in the states. A new logo of the INDIA alliance is also likely to be launched. A total of 28 parties are likely to participate in the third meeting of the newly formed opposition alliance in Mumbai.

INDIA or ‘Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance’ is a group of opposition parties, including the Congress. The parties have come together to take on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is led by PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and prevent it from winning a third straight term at the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha Elections 2024: INDIA Bloc's Third Meeting in Mumbai Today; Seat-sharing on Agenda, Logo Likely to Be Unveiled.

The first meeting of the joint opposition convened in Patna on June 23 and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18. The third meeting is slated to be in Mumbai on August 31-September 1.

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