Bengaluru: Janta Dal-Secular chief HD Kumaraswamy’s oath-taking ceremony will be considered as a historic event as Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party’s Mayawati greeted each other waved at the audience and sat next to each other during the entire ceremony.
It was the first time when both these leaders shared the stage after their parties alliance in the bypolls of Phulpur and Gorakhpur.
#WATCH Opposition leaders, including Congress’ Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi, SP’s Akhilesh Yadav, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury and NCP’s Sharad Pawar, with newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy at Vidhana Soudha. pic.twitter.com/kTnFBQ0cqC
— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2018
All leaders from the major opposition parties were present at the event, making their bond strong against Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP in the upcoming 2019 election. The oath ceremony held the presence of leaders like United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, NCP’s Sharad Pawar RLD’S Ajit Singh and Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan.
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