Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav will meet Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray throughout their Mumbai go to on Thursday. The duo will go to Thackeray’s residence and later meet Pawar at his dwelling, a JD (U) MLC was quoted as saying.
Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar has been assembly Opposition leaders to strengthen the bloc towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Nitish Kumar met his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday in Bhubaneswar.
Kumar and Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) chief Yadav could have lunch at Matoshree, the non-public residence of Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra, mentioned JD (U) MLC Kapil Patil.
They will meet Pawar at his south Mumbai residence ‘Silver Oak’ in the night, he added.
Kumar had caught the nationwide creativeness together with his pitch for a ‘united opposition,’ which, he believes, can tackle and defeat the BJP in subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha polls.
The JD(U) supreme chief, who shocked the BJP final yr when he snapped ties and stripped it of energy, is coming to Mumbai at a time when the western state is witnessing political turbulence.
Pawar on Monday mentioned he and Kumar will meet when the latter visits Mumbai on May 11.
“Our outlook is that another (to the BJP authorities) is required in the nation. Those who want to contribute to it, be it Nitish or Mamata (West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief), in my view all of us must work collectively for a similar,” the NCP chief had mentioned.
