We are political untouchables for them: AIMIM leader reacts to Oppn meeting

AIMIM leader Waris Pathan on Tuesday said that the socalled secular parties are treating them AIMIM as political untouchables Waris was reacting to the twoday opposition meeting of 26like minded parties where AIMIM was not invitedAccording to ANI the AIMIM national spokesperson also questioned how can someone ignore Asaduddin Owaisis partyThe socalled secular parties did not call us we are political untouchables for them There are leaders who were once with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP including Nitish Kumar Uddhav Thackeray and Mehbooba Mufti We saw Arvind Kejriwal abusing Congress during the Gujarat Assembly elections but even he is sitting in Bengaluru Even we AIMIM are putting efforts to defeat BJP in 2024 but they Opposition parties are ignoring Asaduddin Owaisi and our party he saidThe twoday joint meeting came to an end on Tuesday with the 26 parties agreeing to come up under one name Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or INDIAOn Tuesday while addressing the media after the meeting Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said Earlier we were UPA and now all the 26 parties have given a name to the opposition and that is Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIA Everybody has agreed upon this and the resolution for the name was passed unanimouslyThe development came as top leaders of 26 Opposition parties from across the country met in Bengaluru on Tuesday to discuss a united strategy to take on the ruling NDA alliance at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi chief Thol Thirumavalavan said that the name was proposed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata BanerjeeThe name of the opposition alliance INDIA was proposed by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee After a long discussion it was decided to be called as Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance the VCK chief told ANIOn the other hand Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said that Rahul Gandhi justified why it should be INDIA during the discussion in the meetingIt is a collective effort We all sat together and we all decided on names Rahul ji spearheaded this he justified why it should be INDIA He argued for it Srinate told ANIThe next opposition meeting will be held in Mumbai the date will be announced soon An 11member coordination committee will be set up Names of committee members will be announced in Mumbai Kharge saidCongress leader Rahul Gandhi called the Lok Sabha elections next year a fight between India and PM ModiacirciquestiquestThis fight is not between 2 political formations but the fight is to defend the idea of India If you will see history you will find that nobody has been able to fight the idea of India Its a fight between the idea of India and Narendra Modiacirciquest Gandhi saidWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while warning the ruling party at the centre said NDA BJP can you challenge INDIAWe love our motherland We are the patriotic people of the country We are for the country the world farmers for all she said adding that people Hindus Dalits minorities farmers in Bengal and Manipur are under threat from the BJP whose only job is buying and selling governmentsAAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal while addressing the press conference said that the leaders of likeminded parties came to Karnatakas Bengaluru to save the country from hatredIn the last 9 years PM Modi could have done a lot of things but he destroyed all the sectors We have gathered here not for ourselves but to save the country from hatred Arvind Kejriwal saidANI