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Patna: With the Aam Aadmi Party striking a discordant note over the Patna meeting, CPI general secretary D Raja has said it was "not a setback" for Opposition unity and asserted that as independent political parties there can be "small angularities" on certain matters but those were being overcome..
In an interview with PTI after the crucial meeting of 15 Opposition parties here, Raja stressed that the secular democratic parties that have come together are capable of taking a decision on any issue "collectively"...
"The other follow-up actions will be discussed, we will cross the bridge when it comes," he told PTI at the Communist Party of India (CPI) office here.. Asked if the Aam Aadmi Party's skipping of the press conference after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann attended the meeting is a setback for Opposition unity, Raja said, "I don't think it is a setback..
Opposition parties on Friday had resolved to take on the BJP unitedly in 2024 Lok Sabha elections at a crucial meeting here hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, even as fissures emerged with the AAP asserting that it would be difficult for it to be part of any such gathering in future till the Congress publicly supports it on the ordinance issue...
Asked about the state-wise seat sharing and electoral strategy, Raja said the Opposition parties have agreed to come together and when they are near the elections, they will discuss the strategy, taking into consideration the balance of political forces in each state and how to pull in the anti-BJP votes...
