Mumbai, May 12, 2023 (PPI-OT): Chief Minister of Indian state of Bihar Nitish Kumar, accompanied by his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, met Shiv Sena-UBT President and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar and state Congress Working President Naseem Khan as part of his efforts to forge a grand alliance of all non-BJP parties.
After the meetings, Nitish Kumar said that if more and more opposition parties unitedly stand and work together, it can help achieve a better fight against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
“When all opposition unites to fight, there will be a direct contest (against the BJP). We can get good success and the country can head in the right direction,” remarked Nitish Kumar, who was accompanied by his Janata Dal-U’s national Secretary Kapil Patil and others.
He observed that what the BJP is doing is not good for the country and its imperative for the opposition parties to work together and save democracy in India.
“There should not be any dispute. All must remain united with the same objective to work in the best interests of the country, and provide an alternative in the next elections,” he said.
To a query whether Pawar would be the main face of the opposition alliance, Nitish Kumar said that “nothing could be more delightful than that”, and he had requested him to work more vigorously both for his party and the entire country.
Khan welcomed the visiting dignitaries at Mumbai Airport and wished them the best for their efforts to work out a united opposition front, saying Nitish Kumar had already met Congress top brass in New Delhi recently.
In the past few days, Nitish Kumar has been jetting around the country meeting top Opposition party leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren, Naveen Patnaik, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Sitaram Yechury, D. Raja and others.
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