Amid Opposition efforts to put up a consensus presidential candidate, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on Thursday to discuss the issue.
Kejriwal, accompanied by AAP leader Raghav Chadha, met the West Bengal Chief Minister at the South Avenue residence of her nephew Abishek Banerjee, who is a lok Sabha member from West Bengal.
When asked whether the issue of a joint presidential candidate featured in the meeting, Mamata said: “When two political leaders meet, obviously they will discuss political situation.” The AAP leaders, who did not want to be named, also maintained the same.
The meeting, came within a day of Mamata meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi, following which the TMC supremo had pitched for a consensus Opposition candidate for the President’s post as the incumbent President tenure ends in July.