Mallikarjun Kharge's name decided for presidentBefore the Lok Sabha elections, opposition parties have finalized the name of Mallikarjun Kharge for the post of President of India Alliance. A proposal to make the Congress leader the convenor was brought by the alliance in the virtual meeting held on Saturday (January 13). Leaders of 14 parties including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury, Tamil Nadu CM and DMK Chief Stalin attended the meeting. Even before the meeting, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had refused to become the convener of the India Alliance.After Nitish Kumar's refusal, JDU leader in Delhi Sanjay Kumar Jha said, "The Chief Minister (Nitish Kumar) wanted the coordinator of the alliance to be from the Congress."It is noteworthy that in the last meeting of the India Alliance, Mamata Banerjee had proposed the name of Mallikarjun Kharge for the post of Prime Minister, on which Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal had also agreed. However, then Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had rejected this proposal. The proposal was rejected. He had said that first he will win the elections and then decide the PM candidate.JD(U) leader & Bihar CM Nitish Kumar rejects the post of convenor of INDIA alliance: Sources
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