New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister and AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal and took a pledge to vary the “most corrupt” authorities on the Centre.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav met Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal within the nationwide capital right now. pic.twitter.com/55cVYoBxQJ
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2023
Speaking to reporters after their assembly, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar stated, “We will unite as many opposition events as potential.” On his turn, Delhi CM Kejriwal said, “This is the most corrupt government in the country after Independence and it is essential for all opposition parties to unite and change the government in power.”
#WATCH | “This is the most corrupt government in the country after independence and it is essential for all opposition parties to unite and change the government in power,” stated Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after assembly Bihar CM Nitish Kumar & Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in Delhi pic.twitter.com/yDWAm9IZcG
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2023
Nitish, Tejashwi Meet Rahul, Kharge
Bihar CM and his deputy earlier met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, who described the initiative as “historic”. Their assembly assumes significance as that is the primary main step in forging opposition unity and taking it ahead forward of the subsequent Lok Sabha polls regardless of variations amongst some regional outfits.
However, to take ahead unity efforts, leaders have burdened that they need to go away their variations aside and may give attention to defeating the BJP and that the management subject shall be determined after the polls. The leaders, who collectively addressed a press convention after the assembly, additionally parried questions on the management subject.
‘Democracy, Constitution Under Attack’
The Opposition will collectively shield the Constitution and democracy and unitedly give a brand new course to the nation, Kharge informed reporters. He additionally stated the opposition would unite to combat all upcoming elections, together with meeting elections this 12 months and the Lok Sabha polls subsequent 12 months.
In his remarks, the Bihar chief minister, who broke the alliance with the BJP in August final 12 months, stated, “We will make all efforts to unite more and more parties in the country. We will make all efforts, sit together, and work unitedly, this has been decided.”
“After today’s discussions, we will move forward on that basis. All those who agree will sit together and decide the future course of action,” he stated. In a tweet in Hindi, Kharge stated, “Will preserve the Constitution and save democracy. Rahul Gandhi ji and we met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ji, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav ji and other leaders, reiterated our resolve to raise the voice of the people together and give a new direction to the country.”
Historic Meeting: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi stated the opposition will collectively develop its imaginative and prescient for the nation and current the identical earlier than the folks as they combat the continued ideological battle collectively. “We held a historic meeting here. A lot of issues were discussed and we decided that we will unite all parties and fight the upcoming polls in a united manner. We have made this decision and all of us will work for this,” Gandhi informed reporters whereas lauding the efforts of Kumar, Yadav and others sitting together with him.
He stated the leaders current on the assembly will work on a standard line of thought and asserted that efforts have been being made on this regard. “In this battle of ideology, a historic step has been taken today towards the unity of the opposition. Standing together, we will fight together – for India,” Gandhi stated in a tweet in Hindi and shared his image with different leaders.
Nitish An Architect Of Opposition Unity: JDU
The JDU tweeted in Hindi, saying, “Nitish ji will prove to be the architect of opposition unity in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.” Asked what number of opposition events will come collectively, Gandhi stated, “This is a process and we will develop the opposition’s vision for the country and all those parties that will come together with us, we will together fight the ongoing ideological fight in the country.”
BJP’s Dig At Opposition
Meanwhile, Union minister and senior BJP chief Anurag Thakur alleged that the alliance of the events “drowned in the quagmire of corruption is actually a thugbandhan” (an alliance of corrupts). “These gimmicks will not hide their corruption. The public is denying them again and again. In 2014 and 2019, they formed a ‘thugbandhan’ here, but the result was the same, as people have rejected corrupt parties and formed the government with absolute majority twice under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi,” he stated.
The leaders additionally had lunch at Kharge’s residence, the place JDU president Lalan Singh, Bihar Congress chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Congress chief Salman Khurshid and RJD chief Manoj Jha have been additionally current. “The purpose of the meeting was to unite all parties. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been given the special task to reach out to (Opposition) party leaders. The Congress is also talking to some parties,” Bihar Congress chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh stated after the assembly.
The Congress additionally will not be inclined to limit itself to round 200 seats and needs to contest extra seats, claiming that it’s a nationwide participant not like many regional outfits and has a presence throughout the nation. It has additionally contended that it’s the solely get together that may straight tackle the BJP as a result of its nationwide footprint.
The Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress are in a coalition authorities in Bihar and the three events are in talks to deliver different opposition events collectively on a standard platform of their combat towards the BJP.
Kumar arrived right here on Tuesday and is predicted to satisfy a slew of opposition leaders throughout his keep within the nationwide capital. Tejashwi Yadav can be in Delhi as he appeared earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday for questioning in a cash laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs rip-off.
Kharge has spoken to a number of opposition leaders together with M Okay Stalin and Uddhav Thackeray just lately, in an try and forge unity amongst like-minded events to tackle the BJP. He is prone to maintain discussions with different high opposition leaders within the coming days.
(With Agency Inputs)
