INDIA bloc to begin seat-sharing talks soon, announces coordination panel

Opposition bloc INDIA on Friday announced a central coordination committee consisting of 13 members from its constituent parties, during its third meeting in Mumbai. The alliance also said that seat-sharing talks between the member parties will begin "immediately", even as it  passed a resolution to jointly contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections and

The 13-member coordination panel on the INDIA bloc includes Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, AAP MP Raghav Chadha, Javed Khan from Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal United national president Lalan Singh, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, CPI leader D Raja, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti.