New Delhi: Following a “historic meeting” meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said they have decided to unite all Opposition parties to contest the upcoming election.

“Today we had a historic meeting here and discussed many issues. We all have decided to unite all (opposition) parties and fight the upcoming elections unitedly,” said the Congress chief in a media interaction in the national capital.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “This is a historic step to unite the opposition. We will develop the vision of the opposition parties and move forward; we will all stand together for the country.”

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“We will try to unite as many political parties as we can and move forward together,” said Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.

This came after a meeting held today at the residence of the Congress chief. Bihar deputy Tejashwi Yadav and JD(U) chief Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh also accompanied Nitish Kumar. The meeting was held at the residence of Congress chief Kharge.

In current scenario, several political parties came to shore up Congress leader Rahul Gandhi when he was disqualified from the Parliament. In several attempts to condemn Narendra Modi-led central government, political parties who have distanced itself earlier from the Congress, also came along to protest the disqualification.

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However, such parties also managed to say that the battle is not to rescue a leader of a particular party but to save democracy in India.

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