Opposition unity efforts intensified; Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress President Kharge and Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi here on Monday, amid efforts to strengthen opposition unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 general election over the last one and a half months. This is my second such meeting. Election. Kumar met Kharge and Gandhi at the Congress chief’s 10, Rajaji Marg residence here. Sources said that the roadmap for strengthening opposition unity and a possible meeting of opposition leaders in Patna were discussed during the meeting.

Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal and JD(U) chief Lalan Singh were also present during the meeting, which came a day after Kumar and Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal called for opposition unity to take on the BJP. The JD(U) leader met the AAP convenor at his residence here and promised full support to him in the ongoing standoff with the Center over control of administrative services.

Significantly, Bihar Chief Minister Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah attended the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah as Karnataka Chief Minister on Saturday. were involved in. in a show of opposition unity

Today Congress President Mr. @kharge and Mr. @Rahul Gandhi Shri from Bihar @Nitish Kumar met up with. pic.twitter.com/FFCckRhnLH– Congress (@INCIndia) May 22, 2023

Kumar has been meeting opposition leaders and regional satraps in an exercise of unity, which is yet to materialize. Late last month, Kumar indicated that a meeting of opposition leaders may be held in Patna after the Karnataka assembly elections are over and issues related to building opposition unity are expected to be discussed in that meeting.