Opposition bands together for the National Lok Dal rally |
Group of opposition leaders, including Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena`s Uddhav Thackeray, and DMK`s Kanimozhi, will be attending the Indian National Lok Dal`s rally in Haryana`s Fatehabad on September 25. JD (U) chief spokesperson K C Tyagi said RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, CPI(M)`s Sitaram Yechury, and BJP leader Birender Singh have also given their consent to attend the rally to mark the birth anniversary of former deputy prime minister and INLD founder Devi Lal. The coming together of so many regional satraps is being seen as an effort towards opposition unity, and Nitish Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad are also likely to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi after the rally to take the process forward. The presence of so many opposition leaders, all heavyweights in their states, on one platform will be a fillip to the efforts for unity among the non-BJP forces. INLD leader and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala has also sent invitations to several other regional bigwigs, including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, and TDP`s Chandrababu Naidu, for attending the public meeting.
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