Rahul Gandhi talks to Sharad Yadav; Ahmed Patel meets him

NEW DELHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi held telephonic discussions with dissenting JDU leader Sharad Yadav and senior party leader Ahmed Patel met him on Monday after the Nitish Kumar-led party began actions against many supporters of Yadav leading the opposition from within the party against the JDU-BJP realignment. Senior Congress leaders including Gandhi may attend aconference in Delhi, which Yadav would preside over on Thursday.

Other senior Opposition leaders such as CPM chief Sitaram Yechury, NCP leader Tariq Anwar and several Socialist leaders and party activists called on Yadav by expressing solidarity. Many of them will attend the conference, named ‘Save India's composite culture.’