Kolkata, 24 April (Hindustan). West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav at the state secretariat on Monday afternoon. During this, there has been talk of opposition unity among them.
In the joint press conference after the meeting, Nitish Kumar said that he had a very positive conversation with Mamta Didi. The meeting has been very fruitful. We have agreed to fight together and this is agreed upon by all. Although Nitish Kumar did not say anything against BJP or against any other leader by name. When he was asked about the alliance with Mamta Banerjee’s party and united political action, he said that first of all people are meeting, talking. First talks are going on and then steps will be taken regarding the alliance. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav did not talk much to the media during this period.
Mamta Banerjee said that Nitish ji has come to Bengal, we are feeling very good about it. met us We have talked about the need to fight unitedly against the BJP. This kind of message needs to be given to the whole country that we will work together leaving aside all personal egos to remove the center party from power. Mamta said that the Jayaprakash movement was also started from Patna in Bihar and we want that the grand unity of the opposition against the present central government should also start from Bihar itself. We want that there should be a big meeting in Bihar in which leaders of non-BJP parties would be present. From there the message should be given that we all are one and will fight together for the people. He said that the people of BJP are misleading the country only by talking big. It is necessary to remove them from power. Our aim is to bring BJP down to zero. It is notable that Nitish Kumar reached Kolkata on Monday afternoon and met Mamta Banerjee directly after reaching the secretariat.
Sources told that after this meeting Nitish Kumar has a program to go to Uttar Pradesh where he will also meet Akhilesh Yadav. At the same time, a few days ago Akhilesh Yadav also came to Kolkata and met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the CM’s residence in Kalighat. During that time Mamta had said that her party is working for non-BJP and non-Congress alliance.
