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Opposition meeting in Patna highlights: 'Drama troupe gathering'- Anurag Thakur
Opposition meeting in Patna LIVE updates: Key opposition leaders including Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, and Stalin have arrived in Bihar.
Opposition meeting in Patna: The stage is set for the opposition leaders to get into a huddle in Patna to chalk out the strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is hosting the crucial meeting in which most of the non-BJP parties, regional and national, are taking part as they plan to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party in the next year's general election. The meeting is currently underway at the chief minister's official residence in Bihar's capital....Read More
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi CM and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, Maharashtra's former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP president Sharad Pawar are among the leaders expected to attend the first high-level opposition meeting.
Odisha chief minister Navin Patnaik, his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekhar Rao, and BSP supremo Mayawati will be conspicuous by their absence during the meeting. While Patnaik and KCR decided to give it a miss, Mayawati wasn't invited to the meeting. JD(U) chief spokesperson K C Tyagi said “We have invited those parties that are willing to fight against the BJP in 2024.”
Opposition meet LIVE: Uddhav, Pawar leave for Patna
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar left for Patna to attend the meeting of opposition leaders. Pawar said they are meeting to discuss some important issues of the country and decide the future course of action.
All leaders are united to defeat PM Modi: JD(U)
Ahead of the mega meeting of key Opposition forces in Patna, Janata Dal (United) leader Neeraj Kumar on Friday said all leaders are united to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 general election.
"All leaders including Mamata Banerjee, and Akhilesh Yadav are united to defeat PM Modi in 2024," the JDU leader said.
"It's a big challenge for the BJP that if all opposition parties will get united then their political shop will be closed," he added.
