Patna (IANS) | Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge spoke on phone with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday to unite the opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Sources said the two leaders discussed opposition unity and the future strategy to challenge the BJP in Bihar. A source further said that both the leaders have received positive feedback from each other.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has said on several occasions that he is waiting for the Congress to take the initiative to bring the opposition together.
After the formation of the Grand Alliance government in Bihar, Nitish Kumar visited New Delhi and met senior leaders of various political parties, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, D. Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Akhilesh Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal .
During the CPI(ML) convention in Patna last month, Nitish Kumar had asked senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid to convey his message to the top Congress leadership for opposition unity. In response to Kumar, Salman Khurshid had said on that occasion that he was standing aside and waiting to see who would say I love you first.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday organized a conference, which was attended by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, among others. Everyone advocated opposition unity.
Sources said that Kharge has also held talks with Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin and former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.
–IANS
