Nitish Kumar arrives in Kolkata with Tejashwi; to meet Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav arrived here on Monday afternoon to meet West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee.

After landing at the airport, Kumar and Yadav went to the state secretariat 'Nabanna' where the duo will be holding a meeting with Banerjee.

The three leaders will be holding a closed-door meeting to strategise on fighting the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, officials said.

Banerjee held similar meetings with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy last month.

In a bid to unite the opposition parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Kumar met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and its president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi earlier this month.