New Delhi, June 9 (). After the defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is on a Delhi tour these days. This is his first visit to Delhi after the Bengal election results came out.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi at her residence 10 Janpath. There was a conversation between the two leaders for about an hour.
It is noteworthy that this is the second meeting of Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi within 24 hours. Earlier on Monday, both the leaders had met in the Indie Alliance meeting. During that time, warmth was also seen between Sonia Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee, when both the leaders hugged each other.
If seen, this meeting of Mamata Banerjee has taken place at a time when TMC is facing a serious political crisis. After the defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, dissatisfaction seems to be increasing within the party. Earlier there were reports of dissatisfaction of some MLAs, now the announcement of support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by some party MPs has further increased the problems of the TMC leadership.
During her Delhi visit, Mamata Banerjee first met Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After this, his meeting with Sonia Gandhi is being considered important from the point of view of opposition politics.
According to sources, in the recent meeting of the India Alliance, Mamata Banerjee had raised questions on the role of the Election Commission during the West Bengal Assembly elections. Appealing to the opposition parties to remain united, he had said that opposition unity is necessary to protect democratic values in the coming times.
At the same time, if we look at the history of TMC and Congress, the history of relations between Mamata Banerjee and Congress has been full of ups and downs. In the year 1998, Mamata separated from Congress and founded Trinamool Congress. After this, in 2011, Congress and TMC together ousted the years-old Left Front government from power. However, after this the relations between the two parties turned sour and many Congress leaders and MLAs joined TMC.
At the same time, now again amidst the weakening position of TMC in West Bengal, Congress is seeing an opportunity to regain its lost political ground in the state.
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