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JMM spokesperson Vinod Kumar Pandey said various issues including political issues are likely to be discussed between Nitish Kumar and Hemant Soren. (File Photo/PTI)
The JD(U) supremo has been trying to unite anti-BJP leaders to form a united opposition front and has so far met leaders of various parties, including TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Have done
A JD(U) leader said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may meet his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren on Wednesday.
Kumar met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will meet Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren at his residence in Ranchi on Wednesday. The meeting is scheduled at 4.45 pm,” the JD(U) leader said here.
Ruling JMM spokesperson Vinod Kumar Pandey confirmed the development and said Kumar and Soren are likely to discuss various issues, including political issues.
He said both the leaders are likely to address a press conference as well.
Kumar met Patnaik at his residence in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday and held discussions with him for about an hour.
The JD(U) supremo, who has been trying to unite anti-BJP leaders, has so far met his West Bengal counterpart and leaders of various parties including Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Is. To form an opposition front in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Kumar, with his pitch for a “united opposition” that he believes can defeat the BJP in next year’s Lok Sabha elections, visited Mumbai on Thursday and met Maharashtra veterans Sharad Pawar and Uddhav can meet Thackeray, JD(U) sources said in Patna.
After leaving the NDA for the second time in August 2022, he joined the ‘Mahagathbandhan’, which includes RJD, Congress, CPI(ML) Liberation, CPI and CPI(M).
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