Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao met his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav in Patna on Wednesday. The meeting assumes significance as both Rao and Nitish aspire to build a united front against the BJP's hegemony.
Addressing a joint press conference with Nitish, Rao called for a “BJP mukt Bharat”, blaming the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for the many ills plaguing the country.
The TRS chief slammed the Centre over a rage of issues including the 'Agnipath' scheme, and accused it of going on a privatisation spree and showing indifference towards states' concerns.
Rao, who is popularly known as KCR, also ridiculed Modi for having uttered “Ab ki baar Trump sarkaar” during a visit to the US many years ago, calling it a “diplomatic blunder”.
The Telangana CM has been making efforts to forge a united front against the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and had met leaders of various parties over the past few months.
At the press briefing, he, however, skirted questions about who will lead the united opposition and whether the Congress will be taken on board.
“These things will be decided in due course. We are in no hurry”, said Rao
His meeting with Nitish came a few weeks after the JD(U) supremo walked out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and joined hands with the RJD and the Congress.
Meanwhile, the BJP took a dig at both KCR and Nitish and called their meeting a 'get-together of two daydreamers'
"It is a meeting of two daydreamers who have no standing in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi told reporters.
He dubbed the meeting as the "latest comedy show of opposition unity."