Patna (Bihar): On February 18, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar again emphasised the strength of a united opposition and urged the Congress to unite and fight the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming general election.
CM Nitish Kumar, speaking at the 11th general convention of CPI-M, said, “I want you people (Congress) to take a quick decision. If they take my suggestion and fight together, they (BJP) will go below 100 seats, but if they don’t take my suggestion, you know what will happen.”
Bihar CM Kumar further said he is waiting for the Congress party to decide on whether to contest the 2024 election together.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid attended the ceremony on behalf of the Congress party.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid speaking at an event, said that “I came to represent on behalf of Congress. Earlier there was talk of the Gujarat model but now there should be the talk of the Bihar model and I will speak about it at every place in the country.”
Earlier in the day, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav also attended the 11th General Convention of CPI-M and said that if you speak against BJP you will be raided, character assassinated or sent to jail.
The Deputy CM said, “Today the atmosphere and situation of the country are such that if you speak against BJP you will be raided, character assassinated or sent to jail and if you stay with BJP you will be called ‘Harishchandra'”.
“No matter how much stain you have if you are with BJP, it will be cleaned inside the washing machine. All of you are fighting to save the Constitution of the country, so we thank all of you “, said Bihar Deputy CM Yadav.
On February 16, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he had no desire to become Prime Minister.
Kumar said that he keeps telling the members of his party not to raise slogans for him as he has no desire to become Prime Minister in 2024.
When asked if he wants to be the Prime Minister in 2024 as the leaders of Mahagathbandhan are raising slogans, the Chief Minister said, “I keep telling them not to do that. I have no desire at all.”
Earlier, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav dismissed Kumar’s desire to become Prime Minister and said that the veteran leader is focused on getting the opposition together for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav said, “He (CM Nitish Kumar) is the CM and we are working under his guidance. The only agenda he has right now is bringing all opposition together. He has no desire to become the Prime Minister “.
