Mamata and Mayawati Likely to Miss Sonia Gandhi’s May 23 Opposition Meet

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, with an end goal to assemble opposition parties for a gathering on May 23 - the day the national election results are to be announced - has written to DMK chief MK Stalin.

Sonia Gandhi, who remained the chairperson of the UPA subsequent to giving charge of the Congress to son Rahul Gandhi in 2017, has led the pack in opposition combination endeavors to prepare for the likelihood of a not exactly the definitive decision. She has likewise kept in touch with the Janata Dal-Secular, Sharad Pawar's NCP and the Uttar Pradesh opposition collusion accomplices, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, sources state.

So far in this national election, Sonia Gandhi has stayed under the radar as her children Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra battled fiercely against the decision BJP.

In any case, as the day of the outcomes moves close to, the party knows that it needs every conceivable partner ready; many stays far off or even cold towards Congress.

Among the individuals who are probably going to go to the May 23 opposition gathering are Chandrababu Naidu and Sharad Pawar. The Congress has purportedly additionally connected with K Chandrasekhara Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, Naveen Patnaik (BJD) and Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress.

Last night, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad gave a sign of that, saying that the Congress would not "make an issue" that it would not let any other individual become PM "in the event that it isn't offered to us".

Sources said the Congress is sharp that "no time is squandered" on May 23, so it needs opposition powers in Delhi so everybody can be readied.

Yet, at any rate, three key opposition leaders - Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati, and her ally Samajwadi leader Akhilesh Yadav - are probably going to skip the meet.

Sources said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was told by Mamata Banerjee that there was no requirement for any such gathering before the outcomes were out. Mayawati has likewise not RSVP-ed.

Both Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee are believed to be in the race for the top occupation.