Continuing with his efforts to strengthen Opposition unity against BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday met Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi.
This is the second time such meeting has taken place between Kumar and Kharge in the last one and a half months .
The news agency PTI said Kumar met Kharge and Gandhi at the Congress chief's 10, Rajaji Marg residence.
The report quoting sources said during the meeting the roadmap for strengthening Opposition unity and a possible meeting of Opposition leaders in Patna was being discussed.
It added Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal and JD(U) chief Lalan Singh were also present during the meeting, which came a day after Kumar and Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal called for opposition unity to take on the BJP.
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It said the JD(U) leader met the AAP convenor at his residence in and extended "complete support" to him in the ongoing face-off with the Centre over the control of administrative services.
Significantly, Bihar Chief Minister Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah attended the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah as the Karnataka chief minister on Saturday, in a show of opposition unity, it added.
Kumar has been meeting Opposition leaders and regional satraps as part of the unity exercise which is yet to take a concrete shape.
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Late last month, Kumar had hinted that a meeting of opposition leaders may take place in Patna.
