On Thursday, Union Minister Giriraj Singh took a dig at Nitish Kumar a day after the Bihar chief minister met with Congress leaders Mallikarkun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi as also Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The meeting in which Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav also participated in was held in the national capital as part of efforts to form a united opposition ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Singh said, “Everyone wants to become the Prime Minister. Nitish Kumar is strong in that. That’s why he is pleasing Mallikarjun Kharge and got an appointment with Rahul Gandhi. Nitish Kumar should know that the PM post for 2024 is not vacant. He should know that he is headed for political decline.”
BJP leader and Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur took a swipe at the opposition parties over their efforts to forge unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 elections and said these parties were coming together for ‘Maha thug Bandhan’.
Rahul Gandhi described the meeting with Janata Dal-United and RJD leaders as a “historic step” towards opposition unity and for an ideological fight.
