Not a claimant for PM’s post, time to unite Oppn, says Nitish Kumar

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said he was neither a claimant for the prime minister’s post nor desirous of it, his assertion coming amid speculation that his visit to the capital is to claim leadership of the opposition parties.

It is time for the Left parties, Congress and all regional parties come together to form a united opposition, Kumar told reporters after meeting Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury at the party office.

The Janata Dal-United leader, who severed his party’s ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance last month, is scheduled to meet CPI general secretary D Raja later in the day.

“I have had a long association with the CPI-M from my younger days. You all have not seen me, but whenever I used to come to Delhi, I used to come to this office. Today we are again all together. Our entire focus is to unite all Left parties, the regional parties, Congress. This will be a big deal if all of us come together,” he said.