Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is expected to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata today.

Janata Dal(United) supremo Kumar is likely to fly to West Bengal to meet his counterpart Banerjee, the expected meeting is being seen as a part of the opposition unity for the fight against center ruling BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Reports claimed that the meeting would be a closed-door meeting between both the chief ministers with an agenda to discuss the strategy for the upcoming 2024 polls.

Kumar is likely to meet Banerjee at her chamber in the West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna.

Earlier this month, Kumar was also on a trip to Delhi, where he held meeting Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with RJD leader and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.

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The meeting of Kumar with Gandhi and Kharge, created a lot of buzz across the media of opposition coming together to fight against the BJP.

Gandhi while posting a picture termed it a historic meeting and sent a message that they (opposition) stands together and that they will fight united for the country.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on the same day, also paid a visit to AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence in Delhi where both had a brief meeting and later addressed the reporters outside.

Kumar while his visit to Delhi told to the media that he will make all efforts pssobile to unite the leaders of all the oppsoitions parties.

Last month, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee also held meetings with Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav was on a visit to Kolkata to take part in his party’s national conference, when both the leaders met and Banerjee visited Odisha when she was called on chief minister Patnaik.

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Congress scion Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held a mega roadshow in Vijayapura district of poll-bound Karnataka as a massive crowd was seen lined up on both sides of the road to greet the former Wayanad MP.

Rahul Gandhi, who is currently embroiled in a legal battle to regain his MP status after being disqualified from the Lok Sabha following his conviction and sentence in a criminal defamation case, was seen standing atop a specially designed vehicle, waving at an enthusiastic crowd that had greeted the Gandhi scion amid deafening cheers and slogans in favour of the Congress leader.

The former Congress president kicked off his roadshow after garlanding a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Vijayapura and moved across town amid a sea of Congress supporters lined up on either side of the road on the route.

Congress supporters and workers carrying the grand old party’s flag walked along as Gandhi accompanied by other leaders of the party traversed the streets from Shivaji Circle and Kanakadasa Circle amid loud cheers, sounds of drum beats and deafening sloganeering.

Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Karnataka Congress campaign committee chief M B Patil and several other party leaders and workers on the road show.

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Earlier today, Gandhi began his two-day visit to election-bound Karnataka from Kudala Sangama, where he paid obeisance to 12th-century poet and social reformer Basaveshwara on his birth anniversary, celebrated as Basava Jayanti.

Meanwhile, the Congress, which seeks to oust the BJP from power in Karnataka, announced today that the Communist Party of India (CPI) will, without any pre-conditions, back the Congress on 215 seats in next month’s Assembly elections.

Addressing a presser earlier today, senior party leader Randeep Surjewala said the Congress reached out to the CPI— who recently announced their support for the grand old party in the May 10 polls— and it was agreed that the entire CPI cadre will “whole-heartedly without any pre-condition or expectation” support the Congress candidates in their battle to oust the ruling BJP from power.

Karnataka goes to polls on May 10 and results for the 224-member Assembly will be announced on May 13.

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The Communist Party of India (CPI) will, without any pre-conditions, back the Congress on 215 seats in next month’s Karnataka Assembly elections, senior party leader Randeep Surjewala said on Sunday, adding that there will be “friendly competition” between the two parties on the remaining seven seats.

Addressing a presser, Surjewala said the Congress reached out to the CPI— who recently announced their support for the grand old party in the May 10 polls— and it was agreed that the entire CPI cadre will “whole-heartedly without any pre-condition or expectation” support the Congress candidates in their battle to oust the ruling BJP from power.

Surjewala said that both parties have agreed that there will be a “friendly contest” on seven seats where the CPI has fielded its candidates but will completely back the Congress on the remaining 215 seats.

The Congress MP also lambasted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the state police arriving in Karnataka following a case registered on the complaint filed by the former President of Assam Youth Congress against IYC President Srinivas BV.

Surjewala called Sarma a “turncoat CM” who, he claimed, was trying to outbid Amit Shah to his post and has now become “infamous” for his antics to stay in the news.

Continuing his scathing attack against the Assam CM, Surjewala claimed Sarma is perhaps trying to erase the humiliation when PM Modi tried to have him arrested for the alleged Saradha Scam and Louis Berger Scam.

The Congress leader claimed that Sarma defected to the BJP to save himself from being implicated in the alleged scams.

Randeep Surjewala, who has been a key campaigner for the Congress, which is seeking wrest from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Assembly polls in Karnataka, recently claimed that the saffron party is facing a “mass exodus” in the poll-bound state.

Karnataka goes to polls on May 10 and results for the 224-member Assembly will be announced on May 13.