Chief Minister Hemant Soren today participated in the Opposition parties’ meeting called to form a combined strategy to defeat the National Democratic Alliance in the 2024 General Elections in Patna. The CM, on the occasion, reiterated the resolve of his party to fight against communal forces in the nation and work for the people of the country.
“Certain things are being attacked very fast in the democracy. Today there is anger inside common masses, farmers, labourers and unemployed youth. We all will move forward with an honest mind and win. This fight is to save the country and the constitution. This fight of ours is a fight to save the federal structure,” he said talking to media persons after the meeting.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Executive president further said that this country has been an image of unity in diversity in the world. This fact is not accepted by the people not just today but for centuries. Regarding the meeting, he said that today people of different ideologies have met. Keeping many things in mind, today's present situation, things were established according to the convenience of the common people. We all have united here today because of the hard work of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.
Leaders of 17 political parties including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, its national president Mallikarjun Kharge came to Patna to attend the meeting on the invitation of Nitish Kumar. Chief Ministers of 6 states and 5 former Chief Ministers were present in the meeting. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann along with Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh had reached Patna on Thursday itself. Along with this, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former Congress President Rahul Gandhi reached Patna on Friday morning. Along with this, Sharad Pawar from NCP, Uddhav Thackeray from Shiv Sena, Akhilesh Yadav from SP, MK Stalin from DMK, Hemant Soren from JMM, Sitaram Yechury from CPM, D Raja from CPI, Dipankar from CPI-ML also reached Patna on Friday.
Notably, Soren is heading the JMM-Congress-RJD coalition government in the State and is vocal against the ruling NDA government at the Centre. The JMM has also been supporting the Opposition’s cause time and again on various issues raised by it.