Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP leader Praful Patel arrived in Delhi to attend the NDA meeting on July 18. On one hand, the Opposition with 26 parties held their meeting in Karnataka’s Bengaluru to corner BJP in the next year’s Lok Sabha Elections, on the other hand, the BJP with its 38 allies will be holding a meeting of the NDA in the national capital today. Commenting on Opposition’s meeting, Praful Patel said, "Everyone has the right to take decisions as per their political parties. Those meeting in Bengaluru will work as per they want and we will work as we want”. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde also arrived in Delhi to take part in the meeting of the BJP-led NDA.