Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her residence in Kolkata on Monday. Naidu was pouring in all efforts to cobble together an alliance against Prime Minister Narendra Modi after May 23. Over the weekend, Naidu met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati. On Monday, Naidu is reaching Kolkata to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
West Bengal: Andhra Pradesh CM & TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu meets CM & TMC leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/7a1ndgwYwf
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The purpose of the meeting is to insist that all parties opposed to the BJP attend the opposition meeting planned for May 23. Banerjee, it seems, had not given a commitment to attend the opposition meeting, scheduled to be held in Delhi on that day.
While exit polls have indicated the BJP-led NDA would return to power, Naidu does not believe in the numbers given by different agencies. He believes some stunning results might be thrown up at the end on counting day and the result would be a photo-finish, as sources in the opposition claimed.
-Inputs from Rabi Banerjee
