Posters and hoardings, showing leaders of the INDIA alliance, come up in Mumbai ahead of the two-day meeting. The third meeting of the I.N.D.I.A will be held on 31 August and 1 September during which they are likely to announce a coordination committee and a logo for the alliance. Addressing the media, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, "We're very happy that INDIA alliance meeting is going to take place in Maharashtra...in Bengaluru, we were 26 (parties), here it has become 28 (parties)...jaise INDIA badhega, waise hi China peeche hatega."