Tie-up on cards? Nitish Kumar shares stage with Rahul Gandhi at DMK event

DMK leader M K Stalin, former J&K CM Omar Abdullah, CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury among others present

Amid political rumours of a possible alignment between the Janta Dal (United) and the Congress, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar shared the stage with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, at a function organised by the DMK. 

Last week, Kumar had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, a day after he skipped the luncheon meeting organised by Congress president Sonia Gandhi for opposition leaders. This had created a lot of buzz in political circles.
 

Others present at the event included DMK leader M K Stalin, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

The function was organised to mark Karunanidhi’s 60 years as a member of the legislative assembly. Supremo M Karunanidhi also celebrated his 94th birthday.

However, the five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu did not make any public apperance today due to health reasons. DMK posted a video of Karunanidhi cutting a cake, on social media.

Non-NDA parties came together for this event, ahead of the Presidential election, which is scheduled for next month. DMK had not invited NDA leaders for the function.