Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi , the second such meeting in the last one and a half months amid efforts to strengthen Opposition unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections.
As per PTI report, Kumar met Kharge and Gandhi at the Congress chief’s 10, Rajaji Marg residence here. Sources said during the meeting the roadmap for strengthening Opposition unity and a possible meeting of Opposition leaders in Patna was being discussed.
#WATCH | Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi at Congress chief Kharge’s residence.
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Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal and JD(U) chief Lalan Singh were also present during the meeting, which came a day after Kumar and Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal called for opposition unity to take on the BJP.
Opposition parties meet will be held. Date and place of the meeting will be announced within 1-2 days. A vast number of parties will be taking part in the meeting: Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal told ANI
The JD(U) leader met the AAP convenor at his residence here and extended “complete support” to him in the ongoing face-off with the Centre over the control of administrative services.
Significantly, Bihar Chief Minister Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah attended the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah as the Karnataka chief minister on Saturday, in a show of opposition unity, Kumar has been meeting Opposition leaders and regional satraps as part of the unity exercise which is yet to take a concrete shape.
Late last month, Kumar had hinted that a meeting of opposition leaders may take place in Patna after the Karnataka assembly polls were over and issues related to forging opposition unity are expected to be discussed at length at that meeting.
