Bengal: Mamata meets Suvendu over tea at her Assembly chamber
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KOLKATA: In a primary since final 12 months’s state elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday held a “courtesy meeting” with Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari at her chamber within the state Assembly, elevating eyebrows in political circles.
Later, throughout a dialogue on ‘Constitution Day’ within the House, the CM stated that she had adored him like a brother at one level.
Adhikari and Banerjee had been at loggerheads for the reason that finish of 2020 when he converted to the BJP from the TMC and defeated the TMC supremo in Nandigram within the Assembly polls.
The assembly got here shut on the heels of Adhikari complaining that his title was not included within the invitation letter for the ‘Constitution Day’ programme within the Assembly.
The BJP chief had additionally stated that he would “boycott” the programme.
The Nandigram MLA was seen getting into Banerjee’s chamber accompanied by BJP leaders Manoj Tigga and Agnimitra Paul, shortly after the meeting session broke for recess within the afternoon.
“I called Suvendu for tea,” Banerjee stated after the assembly. Adhikari, speaking to reporters, stated, “It was just a courtesy call. Nothing else should be read into it. I did not have tea.”
Reacting to the “courtesy meet”, Congress chief Kamurzzan Chowdhury claimed that the method of “Didi-Modi patch-up” is underway, with an eye fixed on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
“The Centre released funds for Pradhan Mantri Gram Awas Yojana yesterday, and Mamata is scheduled to meet PM Modi on December 5. Today, the CM met Suvendu. All these point to the fact that the process for ‘Didi-Modi patch-up’ is underway,” he stated.
Echoing related sentiments, CPI(M) chief Sujan Chakraborty informed PTI that “it became clear from today’s meeting that there is an understanding between the TMC and the BJP.”
KOLKATA: In a primary since final 12 months’s state elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday held a “courtesy meeting” with Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari at her chamber within the state Assembly, elevating eyebrows in political circles.
Later, throughout a dialogue on ‘Constitution Day’ within the House, the CM stated that she had adored him like a brother at one level.
Adhikari and Banerjee had been at loggerheads for the reason that finish of 2020 when he converted to the BJP from the TMC and defeated the TMC supremo in Nandigram within the Assembly polls.
The assembly got here shut on the heels of Adhikari complaining that his title was not included within the invitation letter for the ‘Constitution Day’ programme within the Assembly.
The BJP chief had additionally stated that he would “boycott” the programme.
The Nandigram MLA was seen getting into Banerjee’s chamber accompanied by BJP leaders Manoj Tigga and Agnimitra Paul, shortly after the meeting session broke for recess within the afternoon.
“I called Suvendu for tea,” Banerjee stated after the assembly. Adhikari, speaking to reporters, stated, “It was just a courtesy call. Nothing else should be read into it. I did not have tea.”
Reacting to the “courtesy meet”, Congress chief Kamurzzan Chowdhury claimed that the method of “Didi-Modi patch-up” is underway, with an eye fixed on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
“The Centre released funds for Pradhan Mantri Gram Awas Yojana yesterday, and Mamata is scheduled to meet PM Modi on December 5. Today, the CM met Suvendu. All these point to the fact that the process for ‘Didi-Modi patch-up’ is underway,” he stated.
Echoing related sentiments, CPI(M) chief Sujan Chakraborty informed PTI that “it became clear from today’s meeting that there is an understanding between the TMC and the BJP.”
