Amid Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's ongoing efforts to forge Opposition unity to counter the ruling BJP at the centre in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, JD(U) chief Rajiv Rajan (Lalan) Singh clarified that Nitish Kumar is not a prime ministerial candidate.
“Nitish Kumar is not a prime ministerial candidate. He is spearheading to build the BJP-free country. He is committed to strengthening Opposition unity,” said the Janata Dal United (JDU) chief.
JD(U) workers expressed their enthusiasm by raising "Nitish for PM" only to be ticked off by the national president who reminded them that the Bihar CM, the party's supreme leader, has repeatedly ruled himself out of the race.
Earlier, Lalan had said leaders who had given their assent included Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge from Congress, besides Arvind Kejriwal (AAP), Mamata Banerjee (TMC), M K Stalin (DMK), Hemant Soren (JMM), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Akhilesh Yadav (SP) and Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena-UBT).
Jammu and Kashmir라이브 바카라 National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti have also extended their support for the opposition meeting scheduled for June 23. The meeting was earlier scheduled to be held on June 12 but was postponed after some opposition members couldn't attend on that specific day.
JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has taken a lead in speaking to several regional satraps besides the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, and the Left to forge unity among opposition ranks to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.바카라 웹사이트
Nitish Kumar and Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal earlier바카라 웹사이트called for opposition unity to take on the BJP as the JD(U) leader met the AAP convenor at his residence바카라 웹사이트and extended "complete support" to him in the ongoing face-off with the Centre over the control of administrative services.
Recently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an interaction in Washington바카라 웹사이트said that the BJP will be "decimated" in the next three-four assembly elections by the Congress, emphasising that they have the basic requirements that are needed to defeat the ruling party which do not have the support of the vast majority of the Indian population.
Interestingly, opposition unity was also바카라 웹사이트showcased at바카라 웹사이트the swearing-in of Congress leader Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru on,바카라 웹사이트as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin and a host of leaders바카라 웹사이트arrived in what was바카라 웹사이트seen as a바카라 웹사이트coming together of the non-BJP bloc ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.바카라 웹사이트
According to reports, Nitish Kumar has held similar meetings with other opposition leaders in the last month.바카라 웹사이트
Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav met바카라 웹사이트Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence Matoshree, in Mumbai. He also바카라 웹사이트met Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister바카라 웹사이트Mamata Banerjee,바카라 웹사이트Samajwadi Party바카라 웹사이트(SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, Odisha Chief Minister바카라 웹사이트Naveen Patnaik, along with holding discussions with바카라 웹사이트NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
(With inputs from PTI)
