Today s meeting a start to rallying opposition against Modi: Hariprasad

Kolkata May 26 (IANS) Terming Congress chief Sonia Gandhi s luncheon meeting with leaders of 17 opposition parties in Delhi just a beginning party General Secretary B.K. Hariprasad on Friday said the party would make all efforts to bring together political forces for a united fight against the Narendra Modi government ahead of the 2019 general elections.

We will try to bring all opposition forces together before the 2019 elections and put up a united fight against Modi government Hariprasad told media persons here.

In this context he said Friday s opposition parleys at Parliament House is just a beginning.

Attacking the BJP and the Sangh Parivar he said the communal forces were trying to divide the country.

He however refused to reply to a query regarding strong misgivings in the Congress in Bengal about West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee s meeting with Gandhi.

Hariprasad also deftly parried a poser on whether the Trinamool would form a part of an extensive opposition grouping in the near future.

The Congress Working Committee is empowered to decide on such matters. For now we are concerned with evolving a common strategy for the presidential polls.

--IANS
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