Opposition unity: Nitish to have lunch with Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar ahead of LS polls

Express News Service

MUMBAI: Janata Dal (U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will arrive in Mumbai on Thursday morning as part of his Opposition unity efforts. 

Nitish Kumar will meet and preserve conferences with prime Maharashtra leaders along with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over lunch at ‘Matoshri’ in Bandra, sooner than meeting Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar over tea on the latter’s ‘Silver Oaks’ home in south Mumbai.

Nitish Kumar has taken the lead to unite all smaller and secular alliance occasions in direction of the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. As a part of it, he has been cementing ties and ironing out the variations with the Opposition.

Kapil Patil, MLC and primary secretary of JD (U) said that their chief Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has been receiving overwhelming assist from the Opposition occasions in direction of the BJP.

He said in 1977, all non-Congress occasions received right here collectively in direction of the Congress to protest and anger in direction of the emergency and to avoid wasting plenty of democracy, In the equivalent technique, the Opposition should unite within the current day in direction of the BJP within the occasion that they want to save the construction.

“The constitutional federal structure has been disturbed. The central government is ushering all power while weakening the respective state government and non-BJP-ruled states are deprived of the central government-allotted funds. Besides, the central agencies and institutions are to target the Opposition and remain in power. So, all smaller and bigger parties of the Opposition have to come together against the BJP in 2024. Otherwise, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be the last elections in India,” Patil said.

He added Nitish Kumar has obtained monumental and rich political and administrative experience and there are not any stains in his political occupation. 

Patil added that the Bihar CM is the person who might unite everyone and Congress might also be the precept stakeholder. 

NCP chief Sharad Pawar earlier extended assist to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar saying if anyone is taking an effort, then as an Opposition, they’ve to extend all potential assist. “We as NCP are with Nitish Kumar,” Pawar added.

Interestingly, Bihar CM Eknath Shinde earlier met Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi celebration chief Akhilesh Yadav.

MUMBAI: Janata Dal (U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will arrive in Mumbai on Thursday morning as part of his Opposition unity efforts. 

Nitish Kumar will meet and preserve conferences with prime Maharashtra leaders along with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over lunch at ‘Matoshri’ in Bandra, sooner than meeting Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar over tea on the latter’s ‘Silver Oaks’ home in south Mumbai.

Nitish Kumar has taken the lead to unite all smaller and secular alliance occasions in direction of the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. As a part of it, he has been cementing ties and ironing out the variations with the Opposition.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Kapil Patil, MLC and primary secretary of JD (U) said that their chief Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has been receiving overwhelming assist from the Opposition occasions in direction of the BJP.

He said in 1977, all non-Congress occasions received right here collectively in direction of the Congress to protest and anger in direction of the emergency and to avoid wasting plenty of democracy, In the equivalent technique, the Opposition should unite within the current day in direction of the BJP within the occasion that they want to save the construction.

“The constitutional federal structure has been disturbed. The central government is ushering all power while weakening the respective state government and non-BJP-ruled states are deprived of the central government-allotted funds. Besides, the central agencies and institutions are to target the Opposition and remain in power. So, all smaller and bigger parties of the Opposition have to come together against the BJP in 2024. Otherwise, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be the last elections in India,” Patil said.

He added Nitish Kumar has obtained monumental and rich political and administrative experience and there are not any stains in his political occupation. 

Patil added that the Bihar CM is the person who might unite everyone and Congress might also be the precept stakeholder. 

NCP chief Sharad Pawar earlier extended assist to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar saying if anyone is taking an effort, then as an Opposition, they’ve to extend all potential assist. “We as NCP are with Nitish Kumar,” Pawar added.

Interestingly, Bihar CM Eknath Shinde earlier met Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi celebration chief Akhilesh Yadav.