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said they will try to unite as many just the beginning.
parties as possible. “We will try to But BJP leader and Information
unite as many political parties as we and Broadcasting Minister Anurag
can and move forward together. We Thakur took a swipe at the opposi-
will sit and deliberate on the way tion parties over their efforts to forge
forward. We have had discussions. unity to take on the BJP in the 2024
Those who agree with us...we will elections and said these parties were
then take decisions about the future. coming together for ‘Maha thug
A lot of people will come together,” Bandhan’.
he said. Thakur said opposition parties
Kharge had earlier this month do not have leadership or policy and
telephoned Nitish Kumar, Tamil will not get the support of the people.
Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and “The 22 years of politics of Narendra
former Maharashtra Chief Minister Modi from CM to PM have been
Uddhav Thackeray in an effort to honest and full of dedication. Where
build on “unity” displayed during the is the contest?” he asked.
budget session of Parliament. Con- Also, Union Civil Aviation Min-
gress is a junior part of the ruling ister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thurs-
Mahagathbandhan in Bihar which day took a jibe at the meeting of the
also includes JD-U and Rashtriya Ja- Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the Bihu celebrations in Guwahati on Friday (ANI) opposition parties held in the nation-
nata Dal. While Nitish Kumar leads al capital. “The person (Prime Min-
the government, Tejashwi Yadav is Similarly, Samajwadi Party and Tejashwi Yadav met him and Rahul ister Narendra Modi) who has taken
the state Deputy Chief Minister. Bahujan Samaj Party are unlikely Gandhi. “ “Yesterday we talked that a resolution in his life to make India
Kejriwal said after his meeting to concede any space to Congress in we will keep opposition unity and a prime leader on the world stage,
with Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Ya- Uttar Pradesh. Apart from BJP, Tri- work to save the country, democracy 130 crore people of the country have
dav that they discussed the present namool Congress also sees Congress and protect the Constitution...issues joined him and this is the reason that
political situation of the country in and Left parties as rivals in West like freedom of speech and expres- there is a disturbance in the opposi-
detail. “Got the opportunity to fe- Bengal. Left parties and Congress sion, employment to youth and infla- tion. They are organising meetings
licitate the Chief Minister of Bihar are rivals in Kerala. tion, misuse of autonomous bodies, late at night, not in broad daylight,”
Shri @NitishKumar ji and Deputy But as part of efforts to forge op- we are ready to fight unitedly on all Scindia said. He added that PM
Chief Minister Shri @yadavtejashwi position unity to take on the BJP in these issues and will talk to all the Modi is hosting the tricolour on the
ji at my residence today. The present the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, NCP chief parties one after the other,” Kharge world stage. The belief of every citi-
political situation of the country was Sharad Pawar on Thursday met Con- said. zen of India is with PM Modi.
discussed in detail,” Kejriwal said in gress president Mallikarjun Kharge He said Pawar also said that he Prime Minister Narendra Modi
a tweet. and party leader Rahul Gandhi with will talk to various opposition parties on Friday himself launched a scath-
Addressing the media, Kejriwal the discussions centring on the need and try for a united fight in the future. ing attack on the Opposition saying
lashed out at the BJP government talk to other parties and to move to- “We should all work together for the that credit-hungry people or those
at the Centre and said that it is the gether in the fight for various issues nation and in its interest and this whose only ambition is to lord over
“most corrupt” government after concerning people. why we are meeting. The like-mind- the country has done much harm to it.
independence. “This is the most cor- Kharge said Pawar came direct- ed parties, others we should take all He added that the ruling Bharati-
rupt government in the country after ly from Mumbai and “provided us along, there was discussion on this,” ya Janata Party (BJP) is in the service
independence and it is essential for guidance”. He referred to the talks he said. of the nation and its people and com-
all opposition parties to unite and yesterday after Bihar Chief Minis- Pawar said a process has to be mitment and devotion to the country
change the government in power,” ter Nitish Kumar and RJD leader started for opposition unity and this are at the core of its efforts. Address-
he said. ing the public gathering in Guwahati,
Kumar also talked of opposition Assam, ahead of the historic Bihur
unity. “We will try to unite as many celebrations, PM Modi too aim at
political parties as we can and move the Congress, saying, “Whenever I
forward together,” he said. talk about the development of the
Northeast over the last nine years,
some people get disturbed because
Opposition leaders have in the they can’t claim credit for the growth
past made efforts to forge a in the state.”
“They complain that they, too,
broad unity to take on the BJP in ruled the country for decades. Pow-

the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. How- er and credit-hungry leaders, whose
only ambition is to lord over the
ever, the task is not easy due to country, have done much damage to
their competing political inter- our people,” added the PM.
While the national election is
ests. AAP and Congress are ri- still more than a year away, the Op-

vals in Delhi and Punjab. AAP is position parties have begun to get
their act together to make a direct
seen to have damaged the pros- challenge to Modi-led BJP. The rul-
pects of Congress in the Gujarat NCP Chief Sharad Pawar meets Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders ing party too has sensed the threat
and getting ready to tackle it.
assembly polls held last year. Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal in New Delhi on Thursday (ANI) Indian politics seems to already
entering the election mode for 2024.

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