Bengaluru: Opposition meet: UPA likely to be renamed today; Sonia Gandhi to take final call

UPA was formed in 2004 and is the coalition of centre-left political parties in India. It was formed with a coalition of around 10 political parties with Sonia Gandhi as its chairperson.

It came into existence after the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led ND's defeat in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. At that time Congress was only seven seats ahead of the BJP so to keep the BJP out, the Congress party, communist leader Harikishen Singh Surjeet, and CPM general Secreaty brought together 14 parties--RJD, DMK, TRS, AIMIM, PDP, IUML, RPI (G), KC(J), RPI(A), PDP, NCP, PMK, JMM, MDMK for the post-poll alliance with the Congress. It came into existence after the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led ND's defeat in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. At that time Congress was only seven seats ahead of the BJP so to keep the BJP out, the Congress party, communist leader Harikishen Singh Surjeet, and CPM general Secreaty brought together 14 parties--RJD, DMK, TRS, AIMIM, PDP, IUML, RPI (G), KC(J), RPI(A), PDP, NCP, PMK, JMM, MDMK for the post-poll alliance with the Congress.

The left parties--CPM, CPI, RSP, and Forward Bloc provided support from outside on the basis of a Common Minimum Programme, signed on 17 May 2004 which became the guiding light for policies and programmes.

Bengaluru: Opposition meet: UPA likely to be renamed today; Sonia Gandhi to take final call

UPA was formed in 2004 and is the coalition of centre-left political parties in India. It was formed with a coalition of around 10 political parties with Sonia Gandhi as its chairperson.

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UPA was formed in 2004 and is the coalition of centre-left political parties in India. It was formed with a coalition of around 10 political parties with Sonia Gandhi as its chairperson.

The left parties--CPM, CPI, RSP, and Forward Bloc provided support from outside on the basis of a Common Minimum Programme, signed on 17 May 2004 which became the guiding light for policies and programmes.

The left parties--CPM, CPI, RSP, and Forward Bloc provided support from outside on the basis of a Common Minimum Programme, signed on 17 May 2004 which became the guiding light for policies and programmes.