The Opposition unity meeting originally scheduled for June 12 is likely to be deferred to June 23 owing to the unavailability of senior party leaders — Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge.
According to sources, the consensus of all the like-minded parties is being taken before finalizing the date. This comes as a huge jolt to the efforts of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.
The sources said that the biggest reason for the postponement of the meeting is Rahul Gandhi’s absence from the country. Even Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge has expressed his reluctance to a meeting in Patna.
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After the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi contributed to the grand success of the Karnataka assembly election, the morale of the Congress party is high.
Moreover, three of the four Assembly elections — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chattisgarh are coming up just before the Lok Sabha election where Congress has a direct fight with BJP.
If Congress wins the elections in these three states, the mood of voters would automatically go in its favor in the Lok Sabha polls. Also, a meeting in Bihar would suggest that Nitish Kumar is leading the opposition camp, which the grand-old party would never agree to, the sources said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had proposed Patna as the meeting venue. as her relationship with Congress is not so good. Recently, she had included one of Congress’s MLAs in the TMC fold.
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