Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet her counterparts from Opposition parties in Delhi in the second week of March when she would be in the national Capital, sources in the Bengal’s Trinamool Congress said.
In Delhi, Mamata is likely to meet the leaders like Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekhar Rao and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
With this purpose in mind the TMC supremo has also lined up the second Trinamool Congress national working committee meeting in Delhi. Party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha Member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said that the Chief Minister was likely to hold the NWC meeting in Delhi.
He would not dwell on whether the timing of the proposed NCW meeting had anything to do with the Chief Minister’s meet. Inside sources however said that Banerjee wanted her entire party leadership by her side during her presence in Delhi during the Chief Minister’s conclave.
“Considering the domineering attitude of the BJP Government and the regular interference in the State Government’s affairs through the Governor’s office Mamata Banerjee proposed to take up this issue with the other Chief Ministers and they have responded to her call,” said a Bengal TMC leader who is also a part of the newly constituted TMC NCW.
Banerjee had spoken to Rao and Stalin soon after Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar prorogued the State Assembly allegedly withoutconsulting the State Government weeks ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session.
Following his conversations with her the Tamil Nadu Chief Ministertweeted, “Beloved Didi … telephoned me to share her concern and anguish on the Constitutional overstepping and brazen misuse of power by the Governors of non-BJP ruled States. She suggested for a meeting of Opposition CMs.” He further said that he had “assured her of DMK’scommitment to uphold State autonomy,” adding “Convention of Opposition CMs will soon happen out of Delhi.”
On whether the Congress or Left Chief Ministers would join the meeting the Bengal Trinamool leader said “any opposition Chief Minister who thinks that the BJP Government is trying to break the federal structure of the country is welcome in the meeting … because it is not the concern of the TMC or DMK or Congress but it is the concern of all the political parties who want to preserve the democratic federal structure of the country.”