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From Kamal Haasan to Sharad Pawar: Oppn huddle at Rahul Gandhi's residence for INDIA bloc dinner meet | In pics

Moneycontrol News | August 08, 2025 / 12:06 IST
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi hosted leaders of the INDIA bloc at his official residence on 5, Sunehri Bagh, for a dinner meeting on Thursday evening. (Image: X/@INCIndia)
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The dinner was the first physical meeting of the top leadership of the Opposition’s coalition after Lok Sabha elections. It saw a turnout of about 50 leaders from as many as 25 INDIA bloc parties. (Image: X/@INCIndia)
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Besides key Congress leaders, the dinner meet was attended by NCP-SP leader Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah, PDP's Mehbooba Mufti, SP's Akhilesh Yadav, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee, Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, DMK's Tiruchi Siva, CPI(M)'s M A Baby, CPI's Raja, CPI(ML)'s Dipankar Bhattacharya and MNM chief Kamal Haasan. (Image: X/@INCIndia)
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The Opposition leaders had primarily huddled in Delhi to discuss the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar by the poll body ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. (Image: X/@INCIndia)
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The dinner meeting, which brought together top brass from various INDIA bloc allies, was also crucial in setting the narrative for the upcoming electoral battles. The alliance resolved to target what they described as election fraud through intensified booth-level strategy and mobilisation. (Image: X/@INCIndia)
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During the dinner, Rahul Gandhi gave a presentation before the leaders showing “bulletproof” evidence of “vote theft” in a Karnataka Lok Sabha constituency, similar to what he did at the press conference earlier in the day. (Image: X/@INCIndia)
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Rahul Gandhi’s PowerPoint presentation included photo evidence of fake voters as he took the leaders through the alleged irregularities that took place in Karnataka and Maharashtra. (Image: X/@INCIndia)
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Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi described the meeting as “positive” and confirmed that the SIR exercise and revelations made by Gandhi were the core discussions during the meeting. (Image: X/@INCIndia)

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