Nitish Kumar is firm that Congress must be in the proposed alternative front against the BJP. There should be only one group against the BJP Nitish clarified.
But Mamata, KCR , Stalin did not turn up for the meeting of Nitish Kumar. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar urged the Opposition to build a ‘main front’ of all parties, including the Congress, to defeat the ruling BJP while ruling out a third front.
He also stayed in denial about entering the prime ministerial race. “I am not a PM candidate. There is also no question of a third front.
There should be one front, including the Congress and the Left,” he said, adding that they had even requested the Congress to participate in the rally.
Not just the Congress, major parties like Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Trinamool Congress gave the rally a miss. However, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, CPI (M)’s Sitaram Yechury and SAD boss Sukhbir Singh Badal participated.
Pawar, Yechury and Badal echoed Nitish saying the need of the hour is for everyone to come together to dislodge the BJP.The leaders attacked the BJP, accusing it of trying to create “Hindu-Muslim disturbances” to benefit politically and making false claims and promises.
Referring to the stir against the agriculture laws, Sharad Pawar said farmers and youths committing suicide is not a solution, but the real solution is to bring about a change.
Everyone must strive for a change in the government at the Centre in 2024, he said.
