No UPA meeting on May 23: Stalin dismisses reports

Chennai: DMK chief M K Stalin on Monday said there was no meeting of the UPA being convened by Sonia Gandhi on May 23, the day votes in the Lok Sabha elections will be counted.

"Who said there is an opposition parties meeting on the 23rd. The meeting will be useful only election results," he told reporters here.

Earlier there were reports that Sonia Gandhi has invited leaders of the constituent of United Progressive Alliance in Delhi for planning a strategy to checkmate BJP from staking claim to power if the NDA falls short of majority.

Some non-UPA party leaders were also said to have been sounded for the meeting, it was reported.