Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Mumbai next week to strengthen opposition unity against the Centre's move to dilute the powers of the Delhi government. He will meet Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader Uddhav Thackeray and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
Explaining the purpose of the meeting, party spokesperson Preeti Sharma Menon said, "Kejriwal is determined to unite the opposition, we believe that if the entire opposition defeats the Modi government's anti-democracy ordinance in the Rajya Sabha, it will contest the Lok Sabha elections next year."
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Earlier on Sunday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Arvind Kejriwal and discussed the united opposition. Nitish Kumar had met Thackeray and Pawar in Mumbai earlier this month. The deliberations took place even as the Modi-led government promulgated an ordinance to take back control of the bureaucracy, while Kejriwal was planning a strategy to defeat the bill to replace the ordinance when it came to the Rajya Sabha.
Kejriwal will meet his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on May 23 and then hold a meeting with Shiv Sena (Uddhav) chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai the next day. He will also meet NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on May 25 as part of his efforts to seek support.
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