Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav Take Same Flight To Delhi Amid Buzz Of Opposition Outreach For Govt Formation

NDA Meeting: With the BJP failing to secure a two-thirds majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA and INDIA partners will hold key meetings today to try to put together the numbers needed to form the government. With intense negotiations underway to form the next government at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav will depart for Delhi on the same flight on Wednesday.

The two leaders of Bihar, one affiliated with the BJP and the other with the Congress, are reportedly scheduled to board a Vistara flight at 10:30 a.m. As the INDIA bloc led by the Congress considers forming a government at the centre, all eyes will be on what transpires between the two leaders during the flight. The results for 542 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats were released by the Election Commission of India. The Congress won 99 seats and the BJP 240.

While the NDA has a comfortable majority of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the BJP has fallen short of the magic number for the first time since 2014 and is relying heavily on its allies to form government.