"BJP scared of INDIA, has no choice for PM face": Uddhav faction leader Aaditya Thackeray ahead of third Oppn meeting

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 31 : Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is "scared" of the Opposition alliance - INDIA bloc- and has "no choice for the Prime Minister face".
Speaking to media in Mumbai ahead of the third opposition meeting, junior Thackeray said, "The way BJP is targetting us, shows that they are scared of the INDIA alliance and our victory. Their hatred is for the country and constitution, and we will not let them win...The BJP has no choice but we have many choices for the PM face."
Speaking to ANI, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "It's a historic day and a new history is being created today... We will work and will formulate a strategy which will help us to win in 2024..."
Upon his arrival in Mumbai, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal told reporters that the top leaders of INDIA alliance are going to have an informal meeting in the evening today to "chalk out the agenda".
Speaking to the media after arriving in Mumbai, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said," "We've to save the Constitution..."
The INDIA leaders would go into an informal huddle on Thursday and the same would be followed by a formal meeting on September 1.
While the discussion among the partner leaders in the bloc would centre on the battle plan for the next general elections and a seat-sharing formula, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is also likely to unveil its logo during the two-day meeting starting Thursday.
The first meeting was held in Patna in June while the second meeting was held in the Congress-ruled state of Karnataka in mid-July. The third meeting is being organised by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Opposition alliance in Maharashtra comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by Sharad Pawar.