File photo of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Mr. Kumar said that the opposition leaders may meet after the Karnataka assembly elections to form an alliance before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. , Photo Credit: PTI
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had indicated on April 29 that a meeting of opposition leaders could be held in Patna after the crucial karnataka assembly elections were over as many people would be busy campaigning there.
The JDU supremo said that issues related to building opposition unity are expected to be discussed in this meeting.
“We will definitely sit together and discuss the issue related to the formation of an alliance of opposition parties to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
“At present, some leaders are busy with the assembly elections (Karnataka). Once it is over, we will finalize the venue of our meeting. If Patna is unanimously decided as the next venue for the opposition leaders’ meeting, If it is done, it will be held here.” Mr. Kumar said.
“We will be happy to organize this meeting in Patna,” he said.
Significantly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee After meeting Nitish Kumar And his deputy Tejashwi Yadav had on April 24 requested his counterpart in Kolkata to hold a meeting of all non-BJP parties in Patna to discuss opposition unity ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a joint press conference after meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, in Howrah district on April 24, 2023. Photo Credit: PTI
“I have made just one request to Nitish Kumar. Jayaprakash ji’s movement started from Bihar. If we have an all-party meeting in Bihar, we can decide where to go next,” Ms Banerjee had said after meeting Mr Kumar in Kolkata.
Accepting this friendly request of Ms. Banerjee, Mr. Kumar said, untoward [Mamta Banerjee] So it was said for the meeting in Patna (Mamata Banerjee had demanded a meeting in Patna).”
He said, “We are trying to unite more and more parties in the country against the BJP-led central government. I recently met many opposition leaders. Now I will talk to other non-BJP parties. .. My aim is to unite the opposition parties first.” general election,” he said.