'Will Unite As Many Opposition Parties As Possible': Nitish Kumar After Meeting Arvind Kejriwal

Nitish Kumar and Arvind Kejriwal's meeting comes hours after Kumar and Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav met Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi to discuss ‘United Opposition’.

New Delhi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said he will try to bring as many Opposition parties together as possible to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His statements come after his meeting with Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital on Wednesday.

Addressing the mediapersons after the meeting, CM Kejriwal said, “This is the most corrupt government in the country after independence and it is essential for all opposition parties to unite and change the government in power.” Lauding the Bihar chief minister's efforts, he said, "I am completely with him."

Asked if Nitish Kumar is worth being a prime ministerial candidate, Kejriwal said, "You will have many questions in your mind which cannot be answered right now after just one meeting. As we move forward, we will keep answering your questions."

Their meeting comes hours after Nitish Kumar and Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi at the former’s residence in Delhi to discuss ‘United Opposition’ ahead of the general elections next year.

"Today we had a historic meeting here and discussed many issues. We all have decided to unite all (opposition) parties and fight the upcoming elections unitedly,” Mallikarjun Kharge said. “We have decided that all the parties have to unite. And we have to fight elections together in future," he added.

Notably, several Opposition leaders, including Congress, RJ(D), and JD(U) reached Kharge's residence on Wednesday. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, JD(U) chief Lalan Singh, Congress MP Naseer Hussain, Rajasthan Congress chief Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa were present during the meeting. Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik and Salman Khurshid also attended the meet.

Recently, Kharge has spoken with a number of leaders from the opposition in an effort to unite the parties with similar goals in order to defeat the BJP.

He has communicated with Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, and Uddhav Thackeray, the former chief minister of Maharashtra, and he is likely to meet other opposition leaders in the coming weeks.