NCP's Sharad Pawar, Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar are among several opposition leaders who are attending the rally being organised by INLD in Haryana's Fatehabad today. It will mark the birth anniversary of former deputy prime minister and INLD founder Devi Lal. Senior leaders from 11 states are expected to join hands to form a Third Front in India. Stay with TOI for all live updatesRead Less
JDU leader and former MP KC Tyagi is addressing the gathering at the rally.
Visual from the rally venue
Bihar deputy CM Tejasvi Yadav has also reached the venue
Sharad Pawar, Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar have reached the rally venue.
Supporters of INLD moving towards the rally
Leaders fear rain may play spoilsport
Senior party leaders were seen worried on Saturday because of incessant rain and were seen flushing out water from near the venue.
"It will be a historic meeting that will mark the consolidation of like-minded forces against the ruling BJP in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls," JD(U) leader KC Tyagi has said.
Efforts to forge opposition unity?
The coming together of so many regional satraps is seen as part of efforts to forge opposition unity, and Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad are also likely to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi after the rally to take the process forward.
Rally marks birth anniversary of former deputy PM and INLD founder Devi Lal
RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, CPM's Sitaram Yechury and BJP's Birender Singh will also attend the rally to mark the birth anniversary of former deputy prime minister and INLD founder Devi Lal.
Pawar, Nitish, Farooq Abdullah among opposition leaders to attend rally
NCP's Sharad Pawar, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and NC leader Farooq Abdullah will be among several opposition leaders who will share the dais at a rally being organised by the INLD in Haryana's Fatehabad on Sunday.