Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets Akhilesh, Mamata to forge opposition unity
Ramping up efforts to forge Opposition unity, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday met Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and said work is on to bring together as many parties as possible to remove the BJP from power in the next general elections.
No welfare work is being done by the present dispensation which is only relying on publicity, the JD(U) leader said attacking the BJP after meeting Yadav at the SP office here, hours after he held talks with his West Bengal counterpart and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
"I am not looking for any position for myself. My endeavour is to work for country's good," Kumar, who was accompanied by RJD leader and Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, told reporters.
He alleged that efforts are being made to change the history of the country.
Akhilesh Yadav raised the issue of price rise and said there was a need to remove the BJP government without any delay.
The Bihar chief minister had come to Lucknow a