Mamata Banerjee meets Arvind Kejriwal, discusses strategy for 2019

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Ms Banerjee has spoken in favour of Mr Kejriwal over his government’s differences with lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal.

Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednes-day met her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal here and the two leaders are believed to have discussed political strategies to counter the BJP in the 2019 general elections.

The two leaders, however, did not speak to the media after the meeting that lasted for around 35 minutes. The TMC supremo is visiting Delhi to invite Opposition leaders to attend her rally on January 19 in Kolkata. TMC sources said the two CMs discussed political strategies to counter the BJP in the 2019 elections.

Ms Banerjee has been at the forefront of efforts to rally Opposition parties for an anti-BJP front. She spent the second day of her Delhi visit meeting leaders of various parties, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

Besides leaders from the Congress, TDP, YSR (Congress), DMK, RJD, SP and JD(S), Ms Banerjee also met BJP veteran L.K. Advani, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and other dissident BJP leaders.

Ms Banerjee has spoken in favour of Mr Kejriwal over his government’s differences with lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal.

Ms Banerjee’s counterp-art from Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu, Kerala (Pinarayi Vijayan), and Karnataka (H.D. Kumaraswamy) have also supported the AAP leader in his tussle with the Centre.    

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