Mumbai visit of Nitish Kumar: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is all set to meet Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray- Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) in Mumbai today (May 11) as part of his efforts to bring all non-NDA parties together to defeat the Indian public. Are ready. Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Both the leaders will meet at ‘Matoshree’ at around 1 pm. The meeting between Thackeray and Nitish Kumar assumed political significance as the latter had discussions with Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.
Bihar Chief Minister Program:
Bihar CM will reach Mumbai airport on Thursday around 12 noon. CM Kumar will meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar at his ‘Silver Oak’ residence at around 2:00 pm.
Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, JD (U) General Secretary Kapil Patil and JD (U) National President Lalan Singh will also be present in the said meetings.
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The Bihar CM, who parted ways with the BJP last year vowing to defeat it in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, visited several places and met various political leaders as part of his “opposition unity campaign”. Recently, he interacted with several political party leaders including Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav.
Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav had met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi in April in the presence of Rahul Gandhi and promised to bring all opposition parties together for a united front against the BJP. The JD(U) leader also held a meeting with NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, among others.
Nitish Kumar has been maintaining that he had no prime ministerial ambitions, but said he wanted to play a positive role in building opposition unity against the ruling NDA at the Centre.
Sanjay Raut on Bihar Chief Minister’s visit to Mumbai:
Uddhav Thackeray faction MP Sanjay Raut said, “Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will come to Mumbai on May 11 and meet Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree. Uddhav Thackeray is in support of Nitish Kumar’s efforts to bring together all opposition leaders of the country.” ”
Sharad Pawar is on Nitish Kumar’s visit to Mumbai,
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Monday (May 8) said that he will meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during his visit to Mumbai on May 11, his view is that the country should be given a “cleansing” for the present BJP. option” is required. -led government.
Pawar, who on Friday rescinded his decision to quit as NCP chief, was talking to reporters in Solapur before leaving for Nipani in Karnataka, where he will lead his party in the May 10 assembly elections in the neighboring state. rally for the candidate of ,
When asked about a possible meeting with Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Pawar said, “I have received a message that Nitish Kumar will be coming to Mumbai on May 11. We’ll meet, although I don’t have all the details. Me. Our view is that the country needs an alternative (to the BJP government).”
“Those who want to contribute, be it Nitish or Mamata (West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader), I think we all need to work together for this,” the NCP chief said.
Lok Sabha elections are to be held in the country next year. Pawar also said that there was no discussion on sharing of Lok Sabha seats with his political allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress (all three parties are constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi) in Maharashtra.
“The leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi will sit together and then discuss the seat-sharing formula. There is no point in staking any claim on a particular Lok Sabha seat before such meetings.
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