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The Bihar chief minister has developed a three-pronged strategy to counter the BJP in the Hindi heartland.

The meeting convened by CPI (ML-Liberation) in Patna last week gave the elusive 'opposition unity' a new impetus. The key to building such a front to take on the BJP in the 2024 polls requires the Congress to make a climbdown.

The Congress knows its role in bringing together various opposition parties for forging an alliance ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to take on the BJP and oust it from power, said Venugopal.

Ahead of its plenary next week, the Congress on Sunday said the party top brass will deliberate and give direction on ways to forge opposition unity during the three-day conclave, asserting that any such effort without it would be unsuccessful.

It is a question of who utters I love you first, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said on Saturday, with reference to his party's intent to forge opposition unity and take on the BJP juggernaut in Lok Sabha polls next year.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that the Opposition coalition must take shape

"All of that is not within the realm of my responsibility, but all I can say is that if the Opposition by and large coalesces around one candidate in every constituency, I think the BJP is going to face a very tough time in 2024," Mr Tharoor asserted

Acclaimed author Arundhati Roy said on Friday that she has great expectations from Bihar in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as the exercise of opposition unity is starting from the state which will prove successful.

Similar unity in their ranks was seen during the Pegasus exposé and farmers’ protests. Yet, as elections approached, the momentum fizzled out.

Congress leadership believed that the decision of some opposition parties to skip the January 30 function at Srinagar is not a setback for the party.