Patna Mega Opposition meet: Bihar CM to welcome leaders

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is personally overseeing the ongoing preparations for a momentous gathering of 17 opposition parties, slated to take place on Friday, June 23. The highly anticipated meeting will be held at Gyan Bhawan, located in the esteemed Gandhi Maidan of Patna.

Distinguished leaders, such as Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Benerjee, M.K. Stalin, Hemant Soren, Akhilesh Yadav, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Sitaram Yechuri, and D. Raja, have confirmed their attendance at the event.

Nitish Kumar personally inspected the state government guest house and the Patna Circuit House on Sunday, where the VVIPs will be staying. Despite the majority of the leaders returning on the same day, the Bihar government still does not want to fall short of hospitality.

"All leaders have given their consent for the meeting hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will also present in the meeting", Bihar's Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary said.

The opposition leaders will discuss plans to fight against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. They will also examine the seat-sharing formula as well.

Currently, Madhya Pradesh (29), Rajasthan (20), Chhattisgarh (11), Himachal Pradesh (4), Gujarat (26), Karnataka (28), Assam (14), Haryana (10), Uttrakhand (5) are the states which have a total of 147 Lok Sabha seats.

While in West Bengal (42), the Trinamool Congress is against BJP. In Jharkhand (14), JMM against the BJP, In Bihar (40), Mahagathbandhan against the BJP, In Uttar Pradesh (80), SP against the BJP, in Maharashtra (48), MVA against BJP-Shiv Sena Shinde group. In Punjab (13), AAP against BJP. In Delhi (7), AAP against BJP. A total of 244 seats are those where BJP is up against regional parties.

In Kerala (20) and Tamil Nadu (39), BJP is not on the scene as the Congress will fight against the left in Kerala and DMK will contest with AIADMK in TN respectively.

In Telangana (17), there may be a triangular fight between the Congress, BJP, and TRS.

In Andhra Pradesh (25), Chief Minister YSR Jagan Mohan Reddy will contest against Chandrababu Naidu, the BJP, and Congress. In Odisha (21), the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal will contest against Congress and BJP.

With inputs from IANS