Nitish will fail in uniting opposition, says Kushwaha; pledges not to merge Party
The Hindu
Former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RLJD) Chief Upendra Kushwaha on May 1 took a jibe at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his attempt of uniting the opposition at the national level to take on BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RLJD) Chief Upendra Kushwaha on May 1 took a jibe at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his attempt of uniting the opposition at the national level to take on BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Mr. Kushwaha claimed that his entire attempt will have no outcome and he is just trying to make the perception of the opposition’s unity which will ultimately fail.
“There would be no outcome of Nitish Kumar’s attempt. You will find opposition leaders holding meetings but they will return to their respective states and contest elections against each other. Nitish Kumar is trying to make the perception of opposition’s unity but let me say that it will fail. Lok Sabha election is the election for the country and people will always keep this in mind. The people will give serious thought to whom they would hand over the power for the next five years. Do you think that people will give power to such leaders who keep on fighting with each other,“ Mr. Kushwaha said.
Last month, Mr. Nitish met several opposition leaders which included Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with an aim to unite the opposition. Mr. Nitish has been continuously saying that if all opposition parties are united the BJP could be easily defeated in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll.
Mr. Kushwaha claimed that even Mr. Nitish knows very well that there will be no outcome of his meetings.
“Despite knowing the fact that there would be no result of the opposition meeting, he is doing it because he has no interest in any work for the people of Bihar. So, being a politician, he has engaged himself because he cannot pay attention to his own state,“ Mr. Kushwaha said.
Mr. Kushwaha also pledged that he will never ever merge his party in future the way he did with his earlier party Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) by merging it with Janata Dal (United) in March 2021. In February 2023, Mr. Kushwaha resigned from JD(U) and formed his new political party.
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