Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Friday confirmed that party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will attend a meeting of the top Opposition leaders convened by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, to mobilise the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of
The Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been spearheading efforts to bring all Opposition parties together against the BJP government at the Centre, with an eye on next year's Lok Sabha polls.
Ahead of the Opposition meeting of 15 parties, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said that all the leaders will be attending the meet, however, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao attendence could not be confirmed.
The meeting, which is aimed at laying the groundwork for the coming together of like-minded Opposition parties against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government at the Centre, was originally scheduled to be held on June 12.
"Show me one party which has not associated with the BJP, either directly or indirectly. Show me one party in the whole country, then I will answer," Gowda said on Tuesday responding to a question on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's efforts to bring together non-BJP parties.
Bihar Government on Tuesday slapped show cause notice on the construction company after the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur on Sunday evening.
Days after an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river collapsed like a house of cards in Bihar's Bhagalpur, the Deputy Development Commissioner of the district Kumar Anurag on Tuesday said that no casualties have been reported due to the incident.
Additional Chief Secretary for Bihar Road Construction Department Pratyaya Amrit on Tuesday said that the investigation into the collapse of the under-construction bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur will be completed soon adding that a new bridge shall be constructed.
A PIL has been filed in the Patna High Court seeking an independent enquiry into the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur on Sunday.
No casualties have been reported in the collapse of the bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur that occurred on Sunday, said Southern Bhagalpur Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Dhananjay Kumar.