Rahul Gandhi meets Abhishek Banerjee amid push for INDIA bloc coordination

Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, met Trinamool Congress nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee successful New Delhi connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026), a time aft Trinamool Congress main Mamata Banerjee held talks with erstwhile Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

There was nary authoritative connection connected what transpired successful the gathering astatine 10 Janpath, Ms. Gandhi’s authoritative residence, connected Tuesday (June 9). The meetings, however, travel against the backdrop of efforts to forge unity and amended coordination wrong the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

At Monday’s (June 8) INDIA bloc meeting, Opposition leaders had stressed the request for greater coordination among constituent parties and a agreed attack connected issues affecting the public. Ms. Banerjee had urged confederation partners to enactment speech differences and enactment unneurotic to fortify the Opposition’s corporate situation to the BJP.

Congress enactment meet

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has besides called for a gathering of his enactment colleagues connected Thursday (June 11). “An urgent gathering of AICC General Secretaries, In-charges and PCC Presidents volition beryllium held tomorrow, 11 June 2026, astatine Indira Bhavan, New Delhi, to sermon existent governmental developments,” Congress wide caput (organisation) K.C. Venugopal said, successful a station connected X. 

The meetings betwixt the Congress and Trinamool enactment has besides fixed emergence to speculation that Ms. Banerjee’s enactment whitethorn merge with the Congress. 

Sources, however, described the interactions arsenic portion of the continuing engagement betwixt the Congress and the Trinamool pursuing Monday’s (June 8) INDIA bloc meeting.