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NEW DELHI/PATNA: Amid speculation over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar being appointed UPA convenor, the JD(U) chief along with Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Wednesday often called on Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to debate method for creating an anti-BJP entrance ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Later inside the day, Nitish and Tejashwi met AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Both Kharge and Rahul described the meeting as historic as a result of it set the ball rolling for forging Opposition unity. “We all will work together to achieve that goal,” Kharge said. The meeting comes days after Kharge spoke to Nitish, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Nitish, who landed in Delhi on Tuesday, met RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (R) with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar all through a gathering, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Photo | PTI)
In Patna, RJD spokesperson Bhai Birendra said Nitish might be authorised to play the perform of UPA convenor. Ever since Nitish walked out of the NDA alliance in Bihar, he has been on the forefront of bringing disparate occasions collectively to position up a united entrance in opposition to the BJP. Speaking to the media, Nitish said: “If everybody agrees, we will work together. The Congress has already taken some initiative and spoken to some parties. We are also holding talks.”
For his half, Rahul was philosophical, saying coming collectively is a course of. Signalling that Nitish will work as a bridge between Congress and occasions such as a result of the Trinamool Congress, AAP and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, JD(U) chief Ok C Tyagi instructed this newspaper that the meeting was a superb beginning.
“The JD(U) and RJD have been waiting for such a meeting since December. Today, we were able to break the impasse. Some of the regional parties maintain a distance from the Congress. We know that without Congress, Opposition unity is not possible. Nitish shares a good rapport with many leaders like Naveen Patnaik, Stalin and Chautala,” he said.
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NEW DELHI/PATNA: Amid speculation over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar being appointed UPA convenor, the JD(U) chief along with Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Wednesday often called on Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to debate method for creating an anti-BJP entrance ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Later inside the day, Nitish and Tejashwi met AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Both Kharge and Rahul described the meeting as historic as a result of it set the ball rolling for forging Opposition unity. “We all will work together to achieve that goal,” Kharge said. The meeting comes days after Kharge spoke to Nitish, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Nitish, who landed in Delhi on Tuesday, met RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (R) with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar all through a gathering, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Photo | PTI)
In Patna, RJD spokesperson Bhai Birendra said Nitish might be authorised to play the perform of UPA convenor. Ever since Nitish walked out of the NDA alliance in Bihar, he has been on the forefront of bringing disparate occasions collectively to position up a united entrance in opposition to the BJP. Speaking to the media, Nitish said: “If everybody agrees, we will work together. The Congress has already taken some initiative and spoken to some parties. We are also holding talks.”
For his half, Rahul was philosophical, saying coming collectively is a course of. Signalling that Nitish will work as a bridge between Congress and occasions such as a result of the Trinamool Congress, AAP and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, JD(U) chief Ok C Tyagi instructed this newspaper that the meeting was a superb beginning.
“The JD(U) and RJD have been waiting for such a meeting since December. Today, we were able to break the impasse. Some of the regional parties maintain a distance from the Congress. We know that without Congress, Opposition unity is not possible. Nitish shares a good rapport with many leaders like Naveen Patnaik, Stalin and Chautala,” he said.
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