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Some life in Oppn: For first time, Left parties & Mamata on the same stage?

It doesn't bear thinking about. But Nitish Kumar may have managed the impossible feat of bringing the two together

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met NCP chief Sharad Pawar. After the meeting, he was gung-ho about opposition unity
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met NCP chief Sharad Pawar. After the meeting, he was gung-ho about opposition unity

Aditi Phadnis
Thirty days after he crossed sides, dumping the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an ally and embracing the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in Bihar, Nitish Kumar was in Delhi to meet his old-new friends and revive discussion around opposition unity.
 
He set the tone for his meetings with a mandate from his own party, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), before his Delhi trip, with what some would call extravagant predictions.
 
“If all (opposition) parties fight together, the BJP will be reduced to about 50 seats. I am devoting myself to that drive (abhiyan),” said Nitish at a