As per report the Congress’s senior leaders and other alliance partners, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), congress PARTY' target='_blank' title='nationalist congress party-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>nationalist congress party (NCP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), have agreed on the proposal to pitch Nitish Kumar, chief of the Janata Dal(U) and the chief minister of Bihar, as the national convener of the Opposition’s alliance, india National Development Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.), according to a senior party leader.
The decision was taken following national and state level discussions among its leaders and consultations with the constituents of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance on thursday evening. The proposal has been communicated to Kumar as well, said a senior JD(U) leader, who is close to the leader and was one of the main persons coordinating with the alliance partners. “The decision has already been taken, as a majority of the alliance partners, except one or two, have supported Nitish ji’s name as the convener. It will be announced in a day or two," said the senior JD (U) leader.
Nitish Kumar has been at the forefront in bringing all “not-so-friendly" allies together, especially in case of the congress and aam aadmi party (AAP), and trinamool congress (TMC) and Congress. In fact, it was the effort by Kumar and RJD’s Lalu Yadav, which convinced congress leaders sonia and rahul gandhi to join the alliance and initiate talks with the AAP, TMC and Samajwadi party (SP). salman Khurshid, former minister and member of the national alliance committee, said, “We have already reached out to nine alliance partners, which include JD(U), RJD, DMK, Shiv Sena, NCP, TMC, SP and AAP."
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