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Discussion may take place during Jan 12 meeting, says DPCC chief Arvinder Singh Lovely

Venue allotted for Cong rally with limited number of participants

The three leaders had got the invitation last month, but they did not say whether they would attend the ceremony or not.

Numerous senior and influential leaders from various opposition parties have been engaging in discussions with BJP office-bearers to forge potential alliances.

Bengal CM Mamata said, 'there are basic conceptual difficulties in agreeing with the committee, and the concept is not clear.'

They said the Trinamool Congress has offered two seats to the Congress -- the ones it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The consecration ceremony will be held on January 22 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and more than 6,000 people are expected to attend it.

“The granting of permission for Rahul Gandhi’s rally is under active consideration. The state government is reviewing the reports of various security agencies,” Singh told journalists.

The yatra will start from January 14 via Manipur and end in Mumbai on March 20. During this period the Yatra will cover 14 states and 85 districts.

Formal negotiations for seat-sharing with Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab and Delhi will begin on Monday, the sources added.

According to senior leaders of the BJP, the Prime Minister will address a public meeting at Ramna Maidan in Bettiah, the district headquarters of West Champaran.

Party has already prepared a comprehensive report outlining potential state-wise alliances

The averment came from ministers Madan Sahni and Ratnesh Sada, both of whom had visited the JD(U)'s Bihar headquarters for "Jan Sunwai".

Senior Congress leaders including Salman Khurshid were in touch with Nitish and other alliance partners also backed the idea of making the Bihar leader the convenor of the bloc.

Bihar state president of BJP, Choudhary, said that former presidents and other office-bearers have started the preparations for proposed rallies.

The Congress had launched its 'Donate for Desh' crowdfunding campaign on December 18 with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge donating Rs 1.38 lakh to the party on the first day.

Rahul Gandhi is only an MP and he is equal to the rest of the party's parliamentarians, said Lakshman Singh, who has been a five-time MP and three-term MLA.

Gandhi visited wrestlers Bajrang Punia and others at Haryana’s ‘akhara’ early in the week. Sharing a video of Phogat the Kartavya Path, Gandhi wrote on X,

Speaking to reporters in the capital, senior Congress leader and Maharashtra-in-charge Ramesh Chennithala said the leaders were instructed not to speak publicly on the matter.

Elaborate preparations have been made for the mega rally at Dighori in Nagpur where lakhs of people and Congress workers will attend the event, as per party leaders.