According to Sanjay Kumar Jha, a senior leader of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and a minister for Bihar, Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, would attend the second united opposition gathering in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18.
Nitish Kumar, the chief minister, will attend the meeting on July 17 and 18, according to Jha, a close associate of Kumar.
Speaking to reporters, Jha claimed that the first major opposition meeting in Patna, which was attended by the leaders of 15 groups opposing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had produced favorable results.
24 parties are anticipated to attend the second united opposition gathering in Bengaluru. Lalu Prasad Yadav, the leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), is one of the other prominent Biharis scheduled to attend the Bengaluru gathering. The Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML), the RJD, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM make up the six-party grand coalition administration.
Sonia Gandhi, a former leader of the Congress, is also anticipated in Bengaluru. Indian Union Muslim League is a new participant, however, following an apparent confrontation at the first meeting in Patna over Congress's support for the ordinance issue, the Aam Aadmi Party has also been invited.
Lalu Yadav predicted earlier this month that the opposition leaders' second meeting in Bengaluru would be fruitful because "the proposed front would be given its final shape to defeat the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2024 general elections."
"At the Bengaluru summit, we will make the necessary preparations for ousting the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 parliamentary elections. I'll be there. Many other topics would also be covered, according to the RJD chief.
The push to forge opposition unity has formed around Kumar, who severed relations with the BJP last year. Kumar has met with a number of prominent leaders in recent months.
In an effort to form a coalition to take on the ruling BJP in the 2024 parliamentary elections, the Patna meeting decided to sign a common national agenda, or common minimum program (CMP), to work out a seat-sharing arrangement on a state-specific basis and also to develop an agitational program on people's issues.
