Bihar: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hinted that a meeting of the opposition leaders can be conducted in Patna after the Karnataka assembly polls as many would be busy electioneering there. The JD(U) supremo later said that the issues related to forging unity are expected to be thrashed out.
"We will definitely sit together and discuss the issue pertaining to the formation of an alliance of opposition parties to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Meeting in Patna
"Currently, some leaders are busy in the assembly poll (Karnataka). Once it is over, we will finalize the venue of our meeting. If Patna is unanimously decided as the next venue of the meeting of opposition leaders, it will be held here ," Kumar said. "We will be happy to organize this meeting in Patna," he added.
It may be recalled that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after meeting Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, in Kolkata on April 24, had requested her counterpart to organise a meeting of all non-BJP parties in Patna to discuss opposition unity before the coming Lok Sabha elections, reported PTI.
“I have made just one request to Nitish Kumar. Jayaprakash Ji's movement started in Bihar. If we have an all-party meeting in Bihar, we can then decide where we have to go next,” Banerjee said after the meeting with Bihar CM.
Kumar, acknowledging this friendly demand by Banerjee said "Unhone--Mamta Banerjee--to Bola Hin Tha Patna mein meeting ke liye ( Mamata Banerjee had sought the meeting in Patna)."
"We are making efforts to unite more and more parties in the country against the BJP-led central government. I recently met several opposition leaders. Now I will talk to other non-BJP parties ... My aim is to unite opposition parties before the general elections," he said.
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