Banerjee to host Opposition meeting on Wed to discuss presidential polls

At least three Congress leaders will attend conclave but their party will have little say in making strategy

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will host an Opposition conclave to discuss strategy for the upcoming Presidential elections and other issues – where the Congress will be only a bit player – at 3 pm on Wednesday.

President Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure ends on July 24. Elections will be held on July 18 for the next President and counting, if required, on July 21.

The conclave will be attended by Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, and Randeep Singh Surjewala, as well as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who has told his party he is not in the running