Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who was at the loggerheads with the BJP party over the recent general elections in West Bengal is on Delhi tour currently.
Mamata Banerjee aka Didi reached the national capital on Monday and will stay there for five days as part of her tour. She will be meeting key leaders reportedly.
As per the buzz, Mamata Banerjee who took the All India Trinamool Congress(TMC) to a landslide victory in the fierce election battle is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Besides Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee might also meet a few leaders of the opposition Congress party during her Delhi tour.
According to the TMC circles, Mamata Banerjee will start her meetings with the dignitaries with ex Chief Minister of MP Kamal Nath.
Later, Didi is scheduled to meet Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma, the Prime Minister of India Mr.Modi and Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi accordingly.
This marks the first visit of Didi to Delhi after WB grand victory. Didi and Narendra Modi are also meeting in person for the first time post Bengal Elections. She had managed to restrict BJP to the second place in West Bengal.
Though the West Bengal Chief Minister’s meeting with Narendra Modi is dubbed as a meeting out of courtesy, Didi is expected to discuss key issues like increase in vaccine dose shares to the state and the release of the funds.
Her sudden visit to Delhi has added fuel to the reports that Mamata Banerjee is eyeing on the bigger arena, Delhi leadership. She said she is ready to meet the leaders of other political parties too.
With West Bengal elections, she established herself as an opponent to BJP in her state and she is said to be in plans to do the same in the 2024 elections at the national level.
As part of her Delhi tour, Mamata Banerjee is also likely to meet Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other like minded leaders.
Didi was in the news recently after her announcement to call for a comprehensive investigation into the much-talked-about Pegasus hacking row.