United Opposition  

In the face of a fractured mandate that the opposition is banking on, the idea is to get the first invite as the single largest party through a united forum. However, the President has discretionary powers on who to call first, in such circumstances

However, another leader of the TRS, Jithendra, said to MyNation that these decisions are taken at the top, and he wouldn't like to speculate on the reasons
 

While there are many political parties that want to keep the option of doing business with Modi open, the more opposition parties endorse Mamata Banerjee's leadership, the more Congress president Rahul Gandhi's ambition of becoming Prime Minister takes a hit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who spoke at a public rally in Silvassa, said that his motto was to serve the nation selflessly, and that is what separates him from the leaders of the Opposition

The finance minister added that the the 2019 elections would be a choice between “a stable government” and an “anarchic combination