The Opposition leaders on Friday set the stage to get right into a huddle in Bihar’s Patna to chalk out the technique for the 2024 normal elections. Hosted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, the important thing events, a lot of the non-BJP events, regional and nationwide, would arrive at a consensus to forge a united opposition entrance to tackle the ruling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) within the subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha elections.
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Nitish Kumar, who snapped ties with the BJP final yr, has held discussions with a number of high leaders in the previous few months and has emerged because the fulcrum of the marketing campaign to cobble up opposition unity. A complete of 15 events are attending the assembly.
Nonetheless, BJP has dismissed the opposition assembly as a ‘futile train’, saying that such an “opportunistic alliance wouldn’t yield any outcomes”.
Here’s a checklist of the leaders who’re attending the essential meet:
1. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (JDU)
2. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (AITC)
3. Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin (DMK)
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4. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (INC)
5. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (INC)
6. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (AAP)
7. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren (JMM)
8. Uddhav Thackeray (SS-UBT)
9. Sharad Pawar (NCP)
10. Lalu Prasad Yadav (RJD)
11. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann (AAP)
12. Akhilesh Yadav (SP)
13. Sitaram Yechury (CPIM)
14. Omar Abdullah (NC)
15. TR Baalu (DMK)
16. Mehbooba Mufti (PDP)
17. Dipankar Bhattacharya (CPIML)
18. Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav (RJD)
19. Congress normal secretary KC Venugopal (INC)
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20. Abhishek Banerjee (AITC)
21. Derek O’Brien (AITC)
22. Aaditya Thackeray (SS-UBT)
23. D Raja (CPI)
24. Supriya Sule (NCP)
25. Manoj Jha (RJD)
26. Firhad Hakim (AITC)
27. Praful Patel (NCP)
28. Raghav Chaddha (AAP)
29. Sanjay Singh (AAP)
30. Sanjay Raut (SS-UBT)
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31. Lalan Singh (JDU)
32. Sanjay Jha (JDU)