Amid buzz around the possibility of Nitish Kumar switching sides, the Bihar Chief Minister was seen leaving for Delhi with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to attend the NDA and INDIA meetings respectively.
The National Democratic Alliance and INDIA bloc will hold meetings in New Delhi today to discuss the future course of action a day after the election results were announced.
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NDA has won 294 out of 543 seats while the opposition bloc has won 234 seats. Telegu Dasam Party’s Chandrababu Naidu and Janata Dal (United)’s Nitish Kumar have emerged as the kingmakers, with the BJP counting on their alliance to form a government for the third time.
NDA meeting
NDA will hold a meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence at 4 pm. The meeting will be led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has bagged 240 seats in the Lok Sabha election.
Among the leaders who are expected to attend the meeting are Kumar, Naidu, LJP’s Pawan Kalyan, etc.
While Naidu has announced his commitment to stay with NDA, Nitish Kumar has not yet made any such comments although one of his party’s spokesperson on June 4 said that JDU has decided to stay allied with BJP.
INDIA meeting
The Congress-led INDIA will hold a meeting simultaneously in Mallikarjun Kharge’s New Delhi residence at 6 pm.
Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, and Abhishek Banerjee, among others, are expected to attend the meeting.
According to News18, sources have said that the top leadership will try to reach out to BJD’s Naveen Patnaik, Nitish Kumar as well as Naidu.