Mallikarjun Kharge sticks to unity pitch: ‘Spoken to Nitish, Stalin, Uddhav… want to bring together Oppn’

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Friday that he was talking to the heads of all Opposition parties to bring them together on a common agenda and fight the BJP...

Speaking at the Idea Exchange programme of The Indian Express, Kharge said he has already spoken to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Maharashtras former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and will try to convince every party to join the united fight against the ruling BJP...

He played down the Supreme Courts refusal to entertain a plea by 14 political parties, including Congress, seeking guidelines to prevent arbitrary use of Central probe agencies against Opposition leaders...

And then I spoke to Uddhav Thackeray That my secretaries will be coming to you, and they will meet Please discuss this unity matter We will try to reach all party leaders and we will come together and have some common agenda to fight against the BJP..

Let us see how many people come together, he said.. Asked how an electoral alliance will take shape given the fact that there are many regional parties who are not keen to have an understanding with the Congress, Kharge said, We are making an attempt As much as possible, we want to bring them nearer Wherever they differ it is left to them..

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