Opposition Patna Meet Highlights: Amid Cong vs AAP, Oppn leaders agree to fight BJP together in 2024 Lok Sabha polls

It was as good as they could have hoped for. The top leaders of as many as 15 Opposition parties held their much-anticipated Patna meeting on Friday and, after deliberations lasting over four hours, announced that they would fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections together.

As parties had indicated earlier, they did not get into the nitty gritty of seat-sharing or electoral adjustments at this first meeting, leaving the tricky issues for later talks. They also announced the venue for the next meeting: Shimla in Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh, on either July 10 or 12.

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As 17 opposition parties came together on Friday to stitch a front against the BJP, the ruling party called it a "multi-headed selfish alliance" and compared it with wolves hunting in packs.

Addressing a press conference here soon after the opposition unity meeting in Patna, BJP leader and Union minister Smriti Irani said this coming together of the parties was not targeted at Prime Minister Narendra Modi but the country's coffers.

"It is said that wolves hunt in packs! A political pack met in Patna. Their 'prey' is the future of India," she said. She said this alliance of selfishness was being forged with India as its target. "Whenever these political parties came together, they brought corruption, nepotism and brought with them the allegation of constricting the economic progress of the nation," Irani added.

DMK President and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, while addressing the media following the Opposition meet in Patna, said: “A consultative meeting of various opposition parties was held in Bihar today to save India's democracy. All Opposition parties have a single goal — to defeat the BJP. We haven’t decided yet on who will be the PM candidate.”

There will be no more elections in future if this "dictatorial" government returns, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee warned on Friday while asserting that leaders of all non-BJP parties have decided to unitedly fight the saffron party in 2024.

"If this dictatorial government returns this time, there will be no elections in future," she said at a press conference. "We are united, we will fight unitedly. Do not call us the opposition, we are patriotic and we love 'Bharat Mata'. We also feel the pain when Manipur burns. The BJP is running a government dictatorially," Banerjee asserted.

The TMC supremo said the first meeting of opposition leaders was organised in Patna as "whatever starts from Patna, takes the shape of the public movement". "We resolve that we all are united and will fight unitedly against the BJP," she said and added that "the BJP wants to change history, but we will ensure history is saved".

As asserted by the Hon'ble Chairperson @MamataOfficial, there are three key takeaways of today's 17-party meeting in Patna:

1. The opposition is united
2. The opposition will fight together
3. The fight is against @BJP4India's tyrannical rule and vendetta politics

Patna has… pic.twitter.com/Hnfl08BNO1

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) June 23, 2023

Addressing a joint press conference after the Opposition meet in Patna, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Friday left the gathering in splits with his quip that Rahul Gandhi “should have gotten married before”. “Rahul Gandhi didn’t follow my suggestion earlier. He should have married before. But still it’s not too late,” said Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is known for his funny liners. In response to Yadav’s quip, Gandhi said: “It will happen since you have said.” Read More

VIDEO | "Rahul Gandhi didn't follow my suggestion earlier. He should have married before. But still it's not too late," RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav quips at Rahul Gandhi after opposition meeting held in Patna.#OppositionMeeting pic.twitter.com/o22ICLTujM

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 23, 2023

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the Opposition parties were meeting in Patna not to dislodge Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government but to save their own political dynasties.

He also took a swipe at his former ally and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray who had in the past criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party for joining hands with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir.

“They have said the meeting is for `Modi Hatao' (remove Modi), but they are working to protect their dynasties. Uddhav Thackeray used to criticize us for joining hands with (PDP leader) Mehbooba Mufti in Kashmir. Now he is sitting next to Mehbooba Mufti and talking about forming an alliance,” he said.

The Opposition has realised that the country will stand by Modi for the work done by him, Fadnavis said, adding that the Opposition made a futile attempt in 2019 (to come together against the BJP) and the people will give a bigger mandate to the BJP in 2024. (PTI)

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said Friday that unless the Congress publicly denounces the ordinance passed by the Centre, which was promulgated in Delhi to take control of governance away from the elected government, it would be “very difficult” for the party to be part of any alliance that includes Congress.

The statement comes after a meeting of 15 Opposition parties was held in Bihar’s Patna to discuss an anti-BJP alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

“Congress’ hesitation and refusal to act as a team player, especially on an issue as important as this one, would make it very difficult for the AAP to be a part of any alliance that includes Congress. Until the Congress publicly denounces the Black Ordinance and declares that all 31 of its RS MPs will oppose the ordinance in the Rajya Sabha, it will be difficult for AAP to participate in future meetings of like-minded parties where the Congress is a participant,” AAP said in a statement. Read More

Addressing the media following the Opposition meet, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the leaders will be meeting in Shimla again sometime next month to finalise the modalities of the common front they have agreed upon to fight the BJP during next year’s polls. “We will meet again in July in Shimla to prepare an agenda on how to move ahead together while working in our respective states,” he added.

#WATCH | "We will meet again in July in Shimla to prepare an agenda on how to move ahead together while working in our respective states to fight BJP in 2024," says Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on the Opposition meeting in Patna. pic.twitter.com/cruKD6W8x8

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

VIDEO | "I told Nitish Kumar to start a meeting from Patna and it will turn into a public movement. Last meeting, we held in Delhi but it wasn't fruitful. This meeting has been good," says Mamata Banerjee after opposition meeting held in Patna. pic.twitter.com/9NkIPbgoEf

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 23, 2023

Following the joint Opposition meeting in Patna today, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the Congress has refused to denounce the Centre’s ordinance in Delhi and that it would not be participating in future meetings of likeminded parties unless the ‘Black Ordinance’ is denounced and the party assures that its 31 Rajya Sabha MPs will oppose it.

Following the first meeting of the Opposition parties to forge a common front against the ruling BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Patna today, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, while addressing a press meet, said that all the leaders have agreed to form a common front to unitedly fight the current regime in the Centre. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge further informed that the next meet in Shimla will finalise the modalities of the front.

The first meeting of the Opposition parties to forge a common front against the ruling BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has ended in Patna. Leaders from as many as 18 parties had joined the meeting. Although sources across parties said that nothing “extraordinary” should be expected, but, even at the minimum, the goal is to prepare “the first draft of unity” — or a road map for a united fight.

#WATCH | AIMIM President & MP, Asaduddin Owaisi attacks Opposition meeting, says, "What is the track record of all these political leaders who have assembled there?" pic.twitter.com/CrucBpjz3D

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday dubbed as a "photo session" the meeting of opposition leaders in Patna, and said their unity is nearly impossible and they will face drubbing in the next Lok Sabha polls. Addressing a public rally here, Shah also slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying he has the habit of criticising everything.

Referring to the opposition meet underway in Bihar's capital, Shah said, "A photo session is happening in Patna. All the opposition leaders have come together on a single platform to convey a message that they will challenge BJP, NDA and Modi (in 2024). “All I want to say to these opposition leaders is that your unity is nearly impossible and even if it gets real, please come in front of the people as in 2024, Modi's return with 300 plus seats is confirmed,” he said.

Addressing a public rally at the inauguration and laying of the foundation stone for several development projects in Jammu. https://t.co/9VDBVfhj3p

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 23, 2023

Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras, while speaking on the Opposition meeting that is currently being held in Patna, said: “There is no vacancy for the post of the PM in 2024. Opposition unity is a lie, it is just for photos. Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar fought against the Emergency imposed by the Congress but now they are joining hands with them.”

Reacting to the Opposition meeting currently underway in Patna, Telangana minister KTR said, "Today, the unity of political parties is not that important, rather it is important to unite people on the issues prevailing in the country. Congress and BJP are responsible for the problems our country is facing today. If political parties unite taking BJP or Congress along with them, it will not benefit the country."

Telangana CM KCR is one of the prominent faces missing from the meeting today.

#WATCH | Today, the unity of political parties is not that important, rather it is important to unite people on the issues prevailing in the country. Congress and BJP are responsible for the problems our country is facing today. If political parties unite taking BJP or Congress… pic.twitter.com/5bR25r0fVe

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

The first joint meeting of several Opposition parties from across the country, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, is currently underway in Patna.

The conclave is being held to chalk out the Opposition’s strategy for defeating the BJP in the upcoming 2024 general elections. The discussions are expected to set the stage for the formation of a third front – a bloc of parties united against the BJP.

Here is the full list of Opposition leaders attending the Patna meet.

The first Opposition joint meeting to formalise a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is underway in Patna, with leaders from parties across the country in attendance.

#WATCH | Opposition leaders' meeting to chalk out a joint strategy to take on BJP in next year's Lok Sabha elections, underway in Bihar's Patna

More than 15 opposition parties are attending the meeting. pic.twitter.com/d9qRfvOdVj

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

As per latest reports, the following Opposition leaders are attending the joint conclave being held in Patna to formalise a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections:

1. Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajya Sabha MP K C Venugopal and Rahul Gandhi

2. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar

3. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray

4. West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee along with Abhishek Banerjee

5. Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

6. Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav

7. AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha

8. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury

9. National Conference leader and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah

10. DMK chief and Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin

11. PDP leader and former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren reached Patna on Friday to attend the Opposition joint meeting.

JMM workers had gathered outside the airport to welcome him.

#WATCH | Jharkhand CM and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren reaches Bihar's Patna to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting

More than 15 opposition parties are meeting today to chalk out a joint strategy to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. pic.twitter.com/KrwrM91ZBA

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Bihar CM and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar welcomed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi ahead of the Opposition joint meeting.

West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee left from Patna Circuit House to attend the Opposition joint meeting.

The meeting is being held to formalise the Opposition strategy ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

#WATCH | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leaves from Patna Circuit House to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting

More than 15 opposition parties are meeting today to chalk out a joint strategy to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. pic.twitter.com/wlrxWiQIul

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Ahead of the meeting of Opposition parties in Patna, the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday said if democracy has to survive after 2024, then political parties will have to show a big heart in national interest to instil confidence among voters.

In an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and K Chandrasekhar Roa-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have national ambitions, but this will help Prime Minister Narendra Modi indirectly and support "dictatorship".

Both these parties are in direct contest with the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in different states. The BRS has been holding rallies in Maharashtra, in a bid to make a foray into the state.

"If democracy has to survive after 2024, then political leaders have to show a big heart for national interest. If all come together, then it will instil confidence among voters," it said.

The editorial said that PM Modi's attempt will be to break the opposition unity by some way or the other.

The BJP will be defeated if there is a direct fight on 450 seats. Many states have shown that despite the tricks, Modi can be defeated, it added.

The rulers who do not believe in law, Constitution and judiciary, can be defeated if opposition leaders earnestly deliberate in the Patna meeting, the Sena (UBT) said.

It will be wrong to say that those opposing the BJP are meeting in Patna, but it is appropriate to say that "patriotic" parties are coming together to save the Constitution and democracy in the country, it said.

The country is heading towards the path of dictatorship. Democracy and freedom are in danger in the country. Modi and his party are of the firm opinion that the opposition must be finished by using central agencies, the party said.

All these are signs of dictatorship, it added. (PTI)

Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav reached Patna on Friday, to attend the Opposition meeting, being held to formalise the Opposition's strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

#WATCH | Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav reaches Bihar's Patna to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting

More than 15 opposition parties are meeting today to chalk out a joint strategy to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. pic.twitter.com/l5YUS4LAOQ

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha reached Patna to attend the Opposition joint meeting, which will be held to formalise the Opposition's strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann had already reached Patna on Thursday.

#WATCH | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha reaches Bihar's Patna to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting

More than 15 opposition parties are meeting today to chalk out a joint strategy to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. pic.twitter.com/r1qWibztFR

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

As Opposition leaders gathered in Patna on Friday, the Delhi BJP dared Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal to announce that he would go head-to-head against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“You think that you are more popular than Narendra Modi ji and Modi ji is afraid of you, so announce in Patna today that you will contest the Lok Sabha election once again in 2024 against Modi ji from Varanasi. Have courage,” Delhi BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana tweeted, adding that it was Kejriwal who was scared of Modi.

Khurana was taking exception to an AAP tweet stating that the Prime Minister was afraid of the Delhi CM’s growing popularity.

Jatin Anand reports

Addressing Congress workers ahead of the Opposition meeting in Patna, Rahul Gandhi said that in the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, Congress will win and "BJP will be nowhere to be seen."

He also accused BJP of having "Bharat Todo" ideology.

"Wherever I went during Bharat Jodo Yatra, I met people from Bihar. They all joined us because they believe in our ideology and understand it deeply," he said.

Rahul also said that BJP spreads hate and violence in the country, which Congress is trying to counter with "mohabbat".

Raising the pitch for a united Opposition front in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that "Congress' ideology can never be separated from Bihar".

He also said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was instrumental in bringing together Opposition leaders from across the country. Kharge added, "If we win Bihar, we will win India."

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar arrived in Patna on Friday morning, to attend the joint Opposition meeting.

The meeting is expected to formalise the Opposition's strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

#WATCH | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar reaches Bihar's Patna to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting pic.twitter.com/H8f9UtCOiK

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Check out our timeline of how the Opposition meet is scheduled to go, here

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury arrived in Patna, where he will be attending the Opposition joint meeting.

#WATCH | Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury reaches Bihar's Patna to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting

More than 15 opposition parties are meeting today to chalk out a joint strategy to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. pic.twitter.com/QoKMTbkeIm

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in Patna for the Opposition joint meeting, along with party leader Rahul Gandhi.

They were welcomed by Congress leaders at the airport.

The two will address party workers at the Congress office in Patna, ahead of the meeting.

#WATCH | Congress leaders welcome party president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi as they arrive in Bihar's Patna to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting pic.twitter.com/vuSA3oj304

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Ahead of the Opposition meet in Patna today, posters outside BJP office in the city showed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a 'real-life Devdas', comparing him to the literary character played by Bollywood stars Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan.

One of Khan's dialogues from the 2002 film was parodied in the poster.

#WATCH | Posters taking a jibe at the Opposition unity, portraying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as 'Devdas of real life', put up outside the BJP office in Patna, Bihar. pic.twitter.com/23eHdw8D9o

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Opposition leaders are "scared" and are gathering in Patna to protect their "own interests", BJP MP and actor Ravi Kishan charged on Thursday, a day before a scheduled meeting of Opposition parties in Bihar's capital.

"People born in air-conditioned rooms will not be able to stand in front of (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi.... The Opposition has no face. Don't know what welfare they will do for the country. They are gathering in Patna for their own interests," he told reporters here.

He asserted that his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

"The opposition will lose the election badly.... Only a handful of people in the country are opposing the Modi government by appearing in TV and newspapers. Modi is the voice of 140 crore people," the Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh said.

"Leaders of Opposition parties are scared of action by ED (Enforcement Directorate). They are out on bail, everyone is scared...the scared Opposition has come together," he said.

Targeting the Congress, Ravi Kishan said its leaders are always making trips to abroad and do not have any time left for villages of the country.

"The Congress party destroyed the country and the countryside," he charged.

Targeting the Samajwadi Party, he said its president Akhilesh Yadav doesn't like the Yogi Adityanath government because it has put an end to the mafia raj in Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)

Taking a jibe at the Patna Opposition meet, BJP MP and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Nitish Kumar 2024 ke liye baaraat saja rahe hai Patna mai, baaraat me to dulha bhi hota hai, par is baaraat ka dulha kon hai? (Nitish Kumar is decorating the wedding procession for the 2024 elections in Patna, but who is the groom (PM contender). Everyone is calling themself a PM contender."

The Opposition meet is expected to formalise the parties' strategy to take on the ruling BJP in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

#WATCH | "Nitish Kumar 2024 ke liye baaraat saja rahe hai Patna mai, baaraat me to dulha bhi hota hai, pr is baaraat ka dulha kon hai? (Nitish Kumar is decorating the wedding procession for the 2024 elections in Patna, but who is the groom (PM contender). Everyone is calling… pic.twitter.com/4RfIVLsVkF

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Talking to mediapersons before leaving for Patna to attend the Opposition meet, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the party would take a decision on supporting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) against the Centre's ordinance concerning control of services in the Centre before the next Parliament session.

"We all want to fight together against BJP and our agenda is to remove the BJP government," he said.

#WATCH | We all want to fight together against BJP and our agenda is to remove the BJP govt... We will take a decision on this (on supporting AAP against the Centre's ordinance) before the Parliament session, says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge as he leaves for the… pic.twitter.com/ew2Qzs2Vfq

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha hit out at the Opposition meet scheduled in Patna today and said, "They have forgotten that Bihar never supports corrupt people. Congress was defeated, then RJD (Lalu Yadav) lost its power, and now it's time for Nitish Kumar. He will lose the CM post and will get zero seats. PM will again form the government in 2024."

#WATCH | Vijay Kumar Sinha, Bihar LoP takes a jibe at the #OppositionMeeting

"They have forgotten that Bihar never supports corrupt people. Congress was defeated, then RJD (Lalu Yadav) lost its power, and now it's time for Nitish Kumar. He will lose the CM post and will get… pic.twitter.com/oarQ3dvtM2

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

A large poster of Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar put up outside his party’s headquarters on Bir Chand Patel Path in the heart of Patna shows him gesturing with his right hand to make a point. The message blazoned on the poster reads, “Mann ki nahi, kaam ki (not musings, but work),” which apparently takes a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Mann ki Baat” programme.

Alongside this poster is a banner that says: “Aagaaz hua, badlau hoga (we have made the beginning, change would follow)”. This is a reference to the first joint meeting of the Opposition parties to be held in Patna on June 23. Top leaders of about 20 Opposition parties from across the country are set to attend this mega rally, which is expected to unveil their common action plan to take on the ruling BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Santosh Singh reports

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sushil Modi took a jibe at the Opposition meet scheduled in Patna today and said, "Sitting together for tea does not mean that the opposition is united."

He added, "This is a 'Gathbandhan of Thugs'.  They are preparing to fool the country. They have no principle, or policy and all are involved in corruption."

#WATCH | BJP MP Sushil Modi takes a jibe at the #OppositionMeeting scheduled to be held today in Patna

"Sitting together for tea does not mean that the opposition is united," he says pic.twitter.com/sG3ovFsrq0

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Talking to mediapersons ahead of the Opposition meet scheduled for today, Bihar Congress president Dr Akhilesh Prasad Singh said, "We welcome that all opposition parties are coming together to defeat the ideology of BJP and RSS.  If all parties will fight unitedly then BJP will be reduced to 100 seats in the country".

#WATCH | We welcome that all opposition parties are coming together to defeat the ideology of BJP and RSS. If all parties will fight unitedly then BJP will be reduced to 100 seats in the country, says Bihar Congress president Dr Akhilesh Prasad Singh on #OppositionMeeting pic.twitter.com/lrsABXfyWY

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed confidence that opposition parties will fight like a family and take on the BJP “one to one”.

The TMC chief, however, parried questions on her reservations about the Congress’s alliance with the Left in her state and the Aam Aadmi Party threatening a “walkout” if support was not forthcoming on the ordinance of control of services in Delhi.

“I cannot say what will happen at tomorrow’s meeting. But I am certain we are all here to fight the BJP together, like a family, one to one,” she told reporters. She was speaking outside the residence of Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, where she met his father and RJD president Lalu Prasad and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi.

“I have great respect for Lalu-ji. The poor man was sent to jail and had to spend a lot of time in the hospital,” said Banerjee.

National Conference (NC) leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah arrived in Patna for the joint Opposition meeting ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls on Friday morning.

#WATCH | National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah, arrives in Bihar's Patna to attend the Opposition leaders' meeting pic.twitter.com/GptDopOdjY

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

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