The meeting was attended by a galaxy of leaders, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, other Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge and Ahmed Patel, NCP's Sharad Pawar, RJD's Lalu Prasad, Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja, DMK's Kanimozhi and the National Conference's Omar Abdullah.