Kejriwal congratulates Mamata on civic poll victory

Kolkata, Apr 30: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called up his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to congratulate her on Trinamool Congress's massive victory in the civic polls.

Kejriwal rang up and congratulated Banerjee for the party's civic poll victory, TMC national spokesman Derek O'Brien told PTI. [By backing Kejriwal, is Mamata expecting back a favour in 2016 Bengal poll?]

The TMC won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election bagging 114 of its 144 wards, and also emerged victorious in 69 of the 91 civic bodies in districts across West Bengal yesterday. [TMC comes out with flying colours in Bengal civic polls]

Before the February 7 Delhi Assembly elections, Banerjee had asked people of Delhi to vote for Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the "greater need of the country and development in the capital".

PTI