Key Takeaways
- Sonia Gandhi’s first Mumbai visit in nine years highlights the importance of the National Opposition Conference.
- The conference will be held over two days at a five‑star hotel, drawing senior leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge.
- Maha Vikas Aghadi plays a central role as the opposition bloc coordinating the event.
Mumbai: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi will arrive in Mumbai on Thursday, marking her first visit to the city in nine years.
She is attending the two‑day India National Opposition Conference, scheduled to be held in a five‑star hotel in Mumbai starting August 31.
The event brings together opposition leaders for a coordinated strategy session.
Accompanied by her son and MP Rahul Gandhi, she will be received by top party leaders like Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, state chief Nana Patole, and other senior state and central functionaries.
However, she has visited other parts of Maharashtra innumerable times in the past three decades as she closely monitors state politics despite her frail health, said a senior leader, requesting anonymity.
Incidentally, on all her previous tours to Mumbai, the Congress was in power in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra.
But during her upcoming trip, her party is part of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc.
