Key Points
All constituents of the INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc accepted Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge as chairperson of the opposition grouping while most of them, except Trinamool Congress (TMC), backed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as convener during a virtual meeting held on Saturday, people familiar with the details said.ge..
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjees opposition to Kumars candidature led the alliance partners to keep the decisions under wraps for now, said two leaders present during the deliberations..
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar have been asked to convince Banerjee to give her approval to the decision, the leaders said, seeking anonymity..
But if I am correct, she has already cleared the partys stand on the proposal of making Nitish Kumar the convener with other members of the alliance, this person said, adding that it is not always rational to bring each and every of these processes out in the open and discuss them..
The members agreed that they would inform each other of the outcomes of these two assignments, which included getting Kumar to accept the conveners position and getting Banerjee to accept him, the leaders cited in the first instance said..
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