Nitish Kumar likely to skip INDIA bloc meet, senior party leaders to attend

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is unlikely to attend the upcoming opposition INDIA bloc meeting scheduled in Delhi on December 6.

According to the details, JD(U) chief Lalan Singh and Bihar’s water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha will attend the meet instead.

Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc are set to convene at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi on December 6 to formulate a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as per sources on Sunday.

During the anticipated meeting on Wednesday evening, leaders are expected to deliberate and finalise their plan to collectively confront the BJP in the lead-up to the polls.

Earlier, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she wouldn’t be able to attend the meeting, citing prior engagements in North Bengal.

The Congress on Sunday suffered a near wipeout in the Hindi heartland as it lost 3-1 to the BJP in the assembly polls, signalling the need to redraw its strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The party was trounced in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and is now left with only Himachal Pradesh in the north. It is ruling in only three states on its own and is in power in Bihar and Jharkhand as a junior partner in alliance with regional parties.