Naidu meets Mamata in Kolkata with his plan

May 20, 2019 19:34

N Chandrababu Naidu, the Telugu Desam Party boss who has taken on a lead role to unite opposition parties in case exit polls that predicted a comfortable majority for the NDA are wide off the mark, met Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on late Monday afternoon.

The CM, who is predicted to be struggling to retain power back home in Andhra Pradesh, has been flying between Delhi and Lucknow over the last few days to touch base with top opposition leaders. Naidu has already met Congress president Rahul Gandhi twice, once with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, as well as other leaders including Samajwadi Partys Akhilesh Yadav, BSPs Mayawati and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.

Naidu landed in Kolkata at about 5 pm and had a detailed meeting with Bengal chief minister at her Kalighat residence soon after.

News agency PTI quoted TMC sources to stress that the two leaders decided to hold detailed discussion with other opposition leaders after the Lok Sabha poll results are declared on May 23.

Naidus proposal is that opposition parties should submit a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind declaring their intent to form a coalition government even before the votes are counted.

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