Presidential election: Uddhav Thackeray will not attend Mamata Banerjee's meeting, find out the reason

- Mamata Banerjee has sent letters to 22 opposition leaders including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sitaram Yechury

New delhi date. 12 June 2022, Sunday

With next month's presidential election looming, the heat is on in all political parties. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of opposition parties to work out a joint strategy for the elections. But Shiv Sena supremo and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will not attend the meeting. This information was given by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday. According to Raut, Thackeray will be in Ayodhya on the day of the meeting.

Sanjay Raut said, "Uddhav Thackeray has received an invitation for a meeting in Delhi on June 15. We will be in Ayodhya at that time, a big leader of our party will attend the meeting. In this election, 4,809 members of the Election Commission - MPs and MLAs will select the successor to the current President Ramnath Kovind.

Marxist Communist Party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Saturday that "unilateral" efforts by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to rally the united opposition ahead of the presidential election would only hurt. Yechury said a meeting of senior leaders of opposition forces, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, had been scheduled for June 15.

Mamta's letter

Let me tell you, Banerjee has sent letters to 22 opposition leaders, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Sitaram Yechury. Banerjee's party Trinamool Congress (TMC) said in a statement that our Hon'ble President Mamata Banerjee has called on all progressive opposition forces to hold a meeting at Constitution Club, New Delhi on June 15 at 3 pm and discuss future steps in view of the Presidential election. Have done.

The statement said that in view of the forthcoming Presidential elections, the Chief Minister of West Bengal has approached the Chief Ministers and Leaders of the Opposition forces to attend a joint meeting with the initiative of a strong and effective opposition against the divisive forces.