Many opposition parties skip Rashtra Manch meeting hosted by Sharad Pawar
The Hindu
No deliberate exclusion of Congress, says NCP.
The Rashtra Manch meeting hosted by Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar in the Capital on Tuesday turned out to be a damp squib with a majority of the opposition parties giving it a miss and many of them sending in second line leaders. The Rashtra Manch was an action group founded by Yashwant Sinha in January 2018 when he was not in any party. He is currently with the Trinamool Congress. Also read |More Related News

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