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:
| Party | Leaders |
| Congress | Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal |
| Samajwadi Party | Akhilesh Yadav |
| TMC | Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee |
| RJD | Tejashwi Yadav |
| National Conference | Omar Abdullah |
| PDP | Mehbooba Mufti |
| JMM | Sarfaraz Ahmad |
| Shive Sena (UBT) | Uddhav Thackeray |
| NCP SP | Supriya Sule |
| CPM | John Brittas |
| CPI | D Raja |
| CPI ML | Dipankar Bhattacharya |
| RSP | NK Premachandran |
| IUML | Sadiq Thangal |
| VCK | Thirumavalavan |
| MDMK | D Vaiko |
| Kerala Congress | K George |
| Kerala Congress (M) | Jose K Mani |
| RLP | Hanuman Beniwal |
| BAP | ** |
| Lok Dal | Sunil Singh |
| Forward Bloc | G Devarajan |
| Shetkari Kamgar Paksh | Jayant Patil |
| Independent MP | Kapil Sibal |