Lalu Yadav, Nitish Kumar to meet Sonia Gandhi soon: Tejashwi Yadav

With an aim to unite the entire Opposition to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and ally RJD chief Lalu Yadav will soon meet Congress interim president Sonia GandhiYes once she comes back there will be a meeting Both of them RJD chief and Bihar CM will go together to meet her Tejashwi Yadav said in Patna when asked if RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi together in DelhiEarlier Poll strategist Prashant Kishor said there is a need for a credible face and mass movement to seek peoples vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and opined that meeting leaders of various political parties would not make much of a differenceHe said such meetings cannot be seen as Opposition unity or political developmentHe further said Those who dont believe this need to wait and watch It will certainly happen I wont comment on whatever someone saysAlso Read Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav conducts surprise checks at govt hospitals watch videoWhen asked about the promise Nitish gave about providing jobs for youth under various arrangements in the state he further asserted we would definitely fulfill the promise of providing 20 lakh jobs We are in the government and this will happenTejashwi Yadav reiterated that if all the Opposition parties unite then they will be successful in defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in the 2024 general electionsIt is a good thing It has been clearly said that if all of us are united we will be successful in defeating BJP Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav told media persons here when asked about CM Nitish Kumars recent meetings with Opposition leaders in DelhiKishors remarks came on the backdrop of his former ally Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumars visit to the national capital recently to meet Opposition leadersSpeaking to ANI Kishor who was earlier given the post of national president in Nitish Kumars Janata Dal United and was later expelled from the party said Such meetings and discussions taking place will not change the political situation on the ground I do not have such an experience He is more experienced than me But I do not see the meeting of some leaders individually or collectively holding discussions or press conferences as an Opposition unity or a political developmentUnless you create a peoples movement and generate a popular narrative form a formidable entity and a credible face that can make the public believe that he can be a better alternative to the BJP only then they people will vote for you he saidNitish Kumar met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav Communist Party of India Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind KejriwalThis came days after Nitish Kumar broke the alliance with the BJP in August and formed the government with RJD in BiharEarlier Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had also visited Bihar and met Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as part of efforts toward forging opposition unityThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever