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On 23 June 2023, 15 anti-BJP parties showed unity to remove Narendra Modi from power. It was led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Under his leadership, the foundation for opposition unity was laid in Patna on this day.
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The objective of the opposition unity meeting was to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chariot of victory in 2024 at any cost. But, Nitish Kumar, who united the opposition to remove Narendra Modi from power, today played an important role in making Modi the Prime Minister for the third time. Nitish not only made Modi the Prime Minister but also strengthened the opposition.
Today, one year of opposition unity has been completed. First of all, know the special things about this meeting and then the whole event of changing the direction of the political wind from there…
A year ago today, on June 23, the first opposition unity meeting was held in Patna. Nitish Kumar, the architect of this meeting, has been continuously meeting the opposition party leaders regarding opposition unity. After that, a grand convention of non-BJP party leaders was held in which leaders of 15 parties were present. In this meeting, the political strategy to remove Modi from power was discussed.
A year ago today, on June 23, 2023, the first unity meeting of the opposition was held in Patna.
Chief Ministers of 6 states and 5 former CMs were present.
Leaders of JDU, RJD, AAP, DMK, TMC, CPI, CPM, CPI (ML), PDP, National Conference, Congress, Shiv Shiv, SP, JMM and NCP attended this meeting held at the Chief Minister’s residence. Prime Ministers of 6 countries and 5 former Prime Ministers were also present. National President Mallikarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi attended the opposition solidarity meeting from the Congress side.
Apart from this, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav T ‘Kray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, PDP Supremo The meeting was also attended by Mufti Mahabawa and Left leaders Sitaram Yekhuri and D. Raja. At the same time, the RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad was also seen active in some political program after a long time.
Nitish tried to field a joint candidate with BJP.
In this first meeting, issues such as seat sharing formula, one opposition candidate against BJP in each seat, the Common Minimum Scheme and the Delhi Ordinance were discussed. One thing was made clear in this meeting that all non-BJP parties are one. From the meeting, Nitish Kumar tried to field a joint opposition candidate against the BJP in the 2024 elections.
The meeting discussed issues like the seat distribution formula, one opposition candidate against BJP in each seat, the Common Minimum Scheme and the Delhi Ordinance.
The name of the Indian Union was decided in the second meeting
The second meeting was held in Bengaluru. In this, the alliance against BJP was called INDIA and then InDI Alliance. Nitish Kumar did not say anything there, but he was not happy with that name. He was so displeased that he returned from there to Patna alone.
The urgency with which Nitish had to lead this alliance was not seen among leaders of other parties. The result was that Nitish Kumar started feeling cheated.
while the third meeting was held in Mumbai on August 31-September 1. Nitish’s hopes were dealt a blow, because in the third meeting, instead of making him a prime ministerial candidate or coordinator, he was put in various types of committees.
The fourth meeting was held on December 19 in New Delhi, where Nitish almost decided to leave India.
In the fifth meeting, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was offered the position of national convener of the alliance, which he declined. Then, just two weeks later, there was a political crisis in Bihar and the Grand Alliance government fell.
Nitish attacked the family
Before switching sides, Nitish gave many indications about it. On 23 January 2024, Narendra Modi announced to give the Bharat Ratna to Karpuri Thakur. On the same day, at Karpuri Thakur’s 100th birthday celebration, Nitish Kumar attacked nepotism.
He said that nowadays people only take their family forward but Karpuri ji never took it forward. We never took our family forward by learning from Janayak. Whoever says what, keep talking. This statement of Nitish was accepted regarding Lalu and his family.
The distance between Nitish and Tejashwi was visible on Republic Day
Then two days later, on January 26, on the occasion of Republic Day, the news of the possible dissolution of the JDU-RJD alliance first gained prominence. The distance between Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav was seen at the Republic Day program at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Nitish and Tejashwi participated in this, but despite being together for an hour and a half, both of them left without speaking to each other. Later, at the invitation of Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for the tea party, CM Nitish Kumar came, but Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav did not. From here there were signs of a major change in politics.
Nitish switched sides, became CM for the 9th time
Nitish Kumar switched sides after 7 months of leading the opposition unity meeting. On January 28, 2024, Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to the Governor and was sworn in as Chief Minister for the 9th time at 5:00 PM that day. Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office and secrecy to him.
BJP state president Samrat Chaudhary and Leader of Opposition Vijay Sinha have been made deputy chief ministers. After the oath CM Nitish said that now there is no question of going anywhere.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the NDA meeting in Delhi.
Nitish united, the Modi government was once again formed at the centre
When the results of the Lok Sabha elections came in on June 4, 2024, the Modi government was once again formed. Getting Nitish in Bihar was not only a master feat of BJP but also a game changer. Had Nitish Kumar’s JDU not been with him, the results could have been different. After the Lok Sabha election results, the situation of Nitish Kumar along with Narendra Modi has also changed. It has now become essential for both the NDA and the Indian alliance.
Although Nitish Kumar has weakened numerically in Bihar in the last five years, his power in Delhi politics has grown much larger. There were speculations that Nitish Kumar might switch sides again. But this time Nitish proved everyone wrong and was seen standing with Narendra Modi.
Nitish strengthened the opposition by bringing it together
The credit for bringing the scattered clans of the opposition on one platform also goes to Nitish Kumar. It was Nitish Kumar who first prepared the Congress for an alliance. Nitish has better relations with the leaders of all the regional parties in the country.
Apart from Nitish, no leader in the Indian alliance has enough influence to coordinate with all parties. The result of his work is that today the Modi government definitely came to power, but the slogan of majority and crossing 400 was given, it could not cross the figure.
BJP suffered losses due to struggle with opposition
Nitish certainly made Modi the Prime Minister, but brought the entire opposition together. Because of this, the opposition also grew stronger. Parties like Congress, AAP, SP fought together due to which BJP suffered huge losses and opposition seats also increased.
This year, NDA got 292 seats, India got 204 seats, Trinamool Congress got 29 seats and others got 18 seats. At the same time, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, 303 seats went to BJP, 52 seats to Congress, 23 to Trinamool Congress, 22 to YSR Congress and 143 seats to others.
The NDA reduced from 39 to 30 seats in Bihar
In the 2019 Bihar Lok Sabha elections, the NDA won 39 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats. At the same time, this time in the 2024 elections this figure has dropped to 30. She lost 9 mandates compared to last time. At the same time, the Indian alliance increased from only 1 seat to 9 mandates. BJP got 12 seats, JDU got 12, LJP (R) got 5, HAM got 1 seat.
While in opposition, Congress got 3 seats, RJD got 4, CPI(ML) got 2 and Independent got 1 seat. In 2019, the Congress won one seat by a few votes.
Nitish himself wanted to be a candidate for Prime Minister
Political expert Praveen Baghi said that after laying the foundations for this opposition unity, the alliance could not take the shape as Nitish Kumar wanted. He didn’t even get the responsibility he was ready for. He felt disillusioned there, so he distanced himself from the Indian Union and joined the BJP.
In between, it also seemed that the alliance that had been broken had laid the foundations for it to break. But, when the Lok Sabha election results came in, it became clear that the opposition had become very strong. The opposition may not have been able to come to power, but it certainly posed a big challenge to the Modi government.
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