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NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday met Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in the national capital to take forward efforts at building opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
This comes a day after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav called on Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. Nitish and Tejashwi also met Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and CPI general secretary Raja in a bid to create a common platform to take on BJP and PM Narendra Modi in 2024.
While Rahul described the initiative as “historic”, Nitish said they would make all efforts to unite more and more parties across the country against the BJP. Later, Nitish’s JD(U) tweeted in Hindi: “Nitish ji will prove to be the architect of opposition unity in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
This comes a day after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav called on Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. Nitish and Tejashwi also met Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and CPI general secretary Raja in a bid to create a common platform to take on BJP and PM Narendra Modi in 2024.
While Rahul described the initiative as “historic”, Nitish said they would make all efforts to unite more and more parties across the country against the BJP. Later, Nitish’s JD(U) tweeted in Hindi: “Nitish ji will prove to be the architect of opposition unity in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
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‘We will try to unite as many political parties as we can’: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar after meet with Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi
Rahul said the opposition would together develop its vision for the country and present the same before the people as they fight the ongoing ideological battle together.
“We held a historic meeting. A lot of issues were discussed and we decided that we will unite all parties and fight the upcoming polls in a united manner. We have made this decision and all of us will work for this,” he told reporters while lauding the efforts of Nitish, Tejashwi and others sitting along with him.
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