The 2 Chief Ministers engaged in discussions on varied points throughout their hour-long assembly over lunch. (Picture: PTI)
The Bihar CM has been assembly a number of opposition leaders to unite them in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met his Odisha counterpart and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar.
The 2 Chief Ministers engaged in discussions on varied points throughout their hour-long assembly over lunch. Nevertheless, the leaders dismissed speculations about any political alliance.
Addressing the media, CM Patnaik stated, “I’m glad that Nitishji is in Bhubaneswar. We’re outdated pals and we mentioned a number of points. We’ve got determined to grant 1.5 acres of land in Puri freed from value to the Bihar authorities for a visitor home, so pilgrims and vacationers from Bihar can keep there. Ours is a identified friendship, and we had been colleagues a few years in the past. No dialogue was held on any alliances.”
Kumar said, “I got here right here to fulfill my outdated pal. I’ve been near his father Biju Patnaik, and we’re shut pals. I’m glad to fulfill Naveen Babu after a very long time.”
The Bihar CM has been assembly a number of opposition leaders to unite them in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Final month, the chief minister of Bihar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, CPI’s D Raja, and CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury.
Kumar would additionally meet Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) president Sharad Pawar his go to to Mumbai on Might 11.
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