Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a meeting with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Monday as they ina bid to expedite the coalition of opposition parties, with the two regional parties stressing on the need to "prepare together" for the next Lok Sabha polls in 2024.
The meeting between the two leaders, which was also attended by Bihar's deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, was described as "positive".
What did the leaders say?
"It was a very positive discussion... Opposition parties need to sit together and strategise," said Kumar after the meeting in state secretariat Nabanna.
Banerjee came out of the meeting, stating, "We have to give the message that we are all together."
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While details of the discussion were scanty with the leaders preferring to speak on the broader consensus, sources said the two sides used the meeting to figure out how they would proceed in sewing together a coalition that would be workable ahead of the elections.
"Nothing is being done for India's development, those ruling are only interested in their own advertisement," claimed Kumar.
Opposition leaders have been critical of rising unemployment, the falling value of the rupee and rising prices as well as the spending on government advertisements.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav arrived here on Monday afternoon to meet West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee.
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After landing at the airport, Kumar and Yadav went to the state secretariat 'Nabanna' where the duo will be holding a meeting with Banerjee.
CM Banerjee held similar meetings with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy last month.
In a bid to unite the opposition parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Kumar met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and its president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi earlier this month.
(With PTI Inputs)
