TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ In a bid to forge opposition unity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and stressed the need for the Congress to be part of a front to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Trinamool Congress leader also met a host of other opposition leaders during her two-day visit to the national capital.
Banerjee had on Tuesday met Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and leaders of some regional parties, including National Democratic Alliance partner Shiv Sena, to explore possibilities of a “federal front” to take on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha polls.
Banerjee on Wednesday met disgruntled BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha, besides having a telephonic conversation with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, with whom she talked of a “one-to-one” fight in states.Wednesday’s meeting with Sonia Gandhi took place at her 10, Janpath residence and lasted for around 20 minutes.
During the meeting, the two leaders are understood to have discussed the present political scenario and the strategy to defeat the BJP in the next general elections and in various state elections due this year. She also said that she wanted the Congress to win Karnataka, as it was strong there. “I am 100 per cent sure, when there is one single fight, the BJP will go,” she said.
