Opposition alliance? Mamata Banerjee meets NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena in Delhi

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who is currently in Delhi on a four-day visit, met Opposition MPs in Parliament on Tuesday. Mamata met Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. She also met Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP K. Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Opposition parties are trying to make an anti-BJP front ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Banerjee is also expected to meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

A strident critic of the BJP-led central government and its policies, Banerjee had recently called for unity among all the anti-BJP forces to defeat the saffron party in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Banerjee had earlier emphasised on forming a federal front to take on the BJP, which has also emerged as a strong force in West Bengal. A large section of the Trinamool Congress also wants to see her playing a key role in national politics if the non-NDA parties are able to form a majority in 2019.

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