New Delhi, April 12: Top leaders from the Congress, Janata Dal (United), and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) met in Delhi today in an effort to forge a united Opposition front ahead of the 2024 general election. They discussed the potential of taking on the ruling BJP as a single force.
Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar and the leader of the JDU, Tejashwi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar and the head of the RJD, all attended the meeting. JDU President Rajiv Ranjan Singh, RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha, and Congress leader Salman Khurshid were also present in the meeting.
After the meeting, Mr Gandhi spoke to the media and declared that a “historic step” had been taken to bring the Opposition parties together. “It is a process, it will develop the Opposition’s vision for the country,” he said.