Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party MP Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and others during the INDIA bloc meeting, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc met on Monday, marking their first formal gathering since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Leaders from 23 political parties, including the Congress, participated in the meeting. However, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) skipped the gathering, which was held at the Constitution Club of India in the national capital.Rajya Sabha member and former Congress leader Kapil Sibal also attended the meeting, while Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray participated virtually.A total of 27 leaders from 23 parties, along with Sibal, were present.Here’s a full list:PartyLeadersCongress Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal Samajwadi PartyAkhilesh YadavTMCMamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee RJDTejashwi YadavNational ConferenceOmar AbdullahPDPMehbooba MuftiJMMSarfaraz AhmadShive Sena (UBT)Uddhav ThackerayNCP SPSupriya SuleCPMJohn BrittasCPI D Raja CPI MLDipankar BhattacharyaRSPNK Premachandran IUMLSadiq ThangalVCKThirumavalavan MDMKD Vaiko Kerala CongressK GeorgeKerala Congress (M)
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RLPHanuman BeniwalBAP**Lok DalSunil Singh Forward BlocG DevarajanShetkari Kamgar Paksh Jayant Patil
Independent MPKapil Sibal
