NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former social gathering chief Rahul Gandhi right here on Monday, the second such assembly within the final one and a half months amid efforts to strengthen Opposition unity to tackle the BJP within the 2024 basic elections. Kumar met Kharge and Gandhi on the Congress chief’s 10, Rajaji Marg residence right here. Sources mentioned throughout the assembly the roadmap for strengthening Opposition unity and a doable assembly of Opposition leaders in Patna was being mentioned.
Congress General Secretary (Organisation) Ok C Venugopal and JD(U) chief Lalan Singh have been additionally current throughout the assembly, which got here a day after Kumar and Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal referred to as for opposition unity to tackle the BJP. The JD(U) chief met the AAP convenor at his residence right here and prolonged “complete support” to him within the ongoing face-off with the Centre over the management of administrative providers.
Significantly, Bihar Chief Minister Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah attended the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah because the Karnataka chief minister on Saturday, in a present of opposition unity.
आज कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge और श्री @RahulGandhi से बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री श्री @NitishKumar ने मुलाकात की। pic.twitter.com/FFCckRhnLH
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 22, 2023
Kumar has been assembly Opposition leaders and regional satraps as a part of the unity train which is but to take a concrete form. Late final month, Kumar had hinted {that a} assembly of opposition leaders could happen in Patna after the Karnataka meeting polls have been over and points associated to forging opposition unity are anticipated to be mentioned at size at that assembly.
