Nitish will meet SP chief in Lucknow
However, suspense also remains in the program of Nitish Kumar’s visit to Kolkata and Lucknow. According to sources, earlier the Chief Minister of Bihar was planning to go to Kolkata on Monday afternoon by a special flight, where he was to meet Mamta Banerjee. However, now the schedule has changed. Getting such information, Nitish Kumar will meet Akhilesh Yadav today. After this, on April 25, he will go to Kolkata in a special plane and meet West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
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Eyes will be on meeting Mamta Banerjee
Sources said that Nitish Kumar is likely to meet Mamata Banerjee at her office at state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ around 2 pm on Tuesday. According to sources, the two leaders may hold closed-door discussions on the strategy to counter the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. According to the information, during this meeting the political heavyweights will discuss the points on which the opposition parties are uniting against the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. It is expected that Nitish Kumar will stay in Kolkata for three to four hours. In which there can be a meeting of one and a half or two hours with West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee.
That’s why Nitish is going to Lucknow and Kolkata
A member of the West Bengal cabinet said that the meeting will focus on unity of opposition forces against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the last few months, Mamata Banerjee has held meetings with several non-BJP and non-Congress leaders on the issue of opposition unity against the BJP in the 2024 elections. Last month, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav went to Kalighat and met him. In the meeting, both the leaders agreed to maintain distance with Congress and focus on unity of regional forces against BJP in 2024 elections.
Will talk be made on opposition unity?
Immediately after meeting Akhilesh Yadav, Mamta Banerjee went to Odisha and held a meeting with the CM Naveen Patnaik. After this, he met Janata Dal-Secular leader H.D. Kumaraswamy met. Last week, he asked his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. The unity of opposition forces against Stalin and the role of governors in opposition-ruled states in the country was discussed.
How successful will Nitish be in his mission?
On the other hand, JDU has given information about the program of CM Nitish Kumar. Told on behalf of the party that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is to meet Akhilesh Yadav and Mamta Banerjee. Earlier, Nitish Kumar had recently met Congress presidents Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Left leaders D. Raja and Sitaram Yechury to discuss opposition unity.
(with inputs from the agency)
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