In furthering his efforts to mobilize a third front (non-Congress and non BJP), Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is scheduled to meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday in Patna.
Nitish, who recently severed ties with BJP and joined hands with the RJD led by Tejashwi to form a grand alliance government in Bihar with Congress and others as its constituents, has significantly gained importance since and is being seen as the Prime Ministerial candidate against incumbent Narendra Modi for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Sources said that KCR will reach Patna and call on Nitish and Tejashwi at separate meetings and is likely to talk about the consolidation of an alternative force particularly against the BJP. The Telangana CM will also give financial assistance to the families of Indian soldiers who were martyred in the Galwan valley. Rao will also provide financial assistance to the families of the 12 Bihar workers who died in the recent fire accident.
Just like KCR did in Punjab and Jharkhand recently, he will distribute the cheques along with Nitish. "Both the Chief Ministers will discuss the national politics on this occasion," said a statement from the Telangana CM's office.
KCR has earlier met non-BJP and non-Congress chief ministers including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, others like the then Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren. KCR also held meetings on different occasions with important leaders like SP chief and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav and senior politician NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.