patna the proposed meeting of nonnda opposition parties would be held either on may 2930 or in the second week of junethe hourlong meeting between bihar cm nitish kumar and congress leaders mallikarjun kharge and rahul gandhi in new delhi on monday discussed at length the pros and cons of the two dates proposed by the jdu leadership for the meeting and finally decided to seek the opinion of other leading nonnda parties before announcement of the final date the meeting will most probably be held in patna sources in bihars grand alliance told toithe top leaders of the congress and the jdu would speak to other leading opposition leaders in next two days and seek their suitability on the given two dates the date of the proposed meeting would be finalised based on the availability of leading opposition leaders sources saidasked specifically about the venue of the proposed meeting a senior grand alliance leader said there is difference of opinion about the venue however the meeting will be held in patna as proposed by west bengal cm mamata banerjeeearlier in the day nitish met congress president kharge and former congress chief rahul gandhi in new delhi the leaders of both the parties announced after the meeting that a vast majority of nonbjp parties would meet to give a concrete shape to opposition unity to take on the bjp in the 2024 general elections will strengthen democracy kharge after meeting nitishthe country will be united now strengthening of democracy is our message rahul gandhi and i discussed the current political situation with bihar cm nitish kumarand took forward the process of giving a new direction to the country kharge tweeted soon after the meeting nitish was accompanied by jdu national president rajiv ranjan alias lalan singh and bihar minister sanjay jha during the meeting congress general secretary organisation k c venugopal was also present at the meeting bihars deputy cm and rjd leader tejashwi prasad yadav was also expected to attend the meeting but could not turn up as he was unwell sources said briefing mediapersons after the meeting venugopal said the venue and date of the proposed meeting would be announced in a day or two we had a detailed discussion about the nonnda opposition parties meeting we will decide the date and place of the meeting within one or two days this is what we decided today venugopal said asked how many parties are expected to attend the meeting venugopal said a vast majority of opposition parties will attend jdu president lalan singh said an elaborate discussion was held on the consensus that had been forged earlier on opposition unity it was the second such meeting of nitish with kharge and gandhi in the last oneandahalf months after the last months meeting the bihar cm had said they would make all efforts to unite more and more parties in the country against the bjp last month nitish also met leaders of several regional parties in his bid to