Mamata Banerjee's Calendar Dampens Clarification Over Naveen Patnaik Meet

Thursday, 23 March 2023Newsdesk

While maintaining that regional parties are better prepared to take on the BJP in 2024, Mamata Banerjee described her meeting with Naveen Patnaik as a courtesy call.

New Delhi 23 March 2023

As per news report of NDTV,Despite its unambiguity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's clarification about meeting her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik later today has done little to dissuade those reading between the lines.That's because the tete-a-tete follows one with Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav last week, in which they announced a new political front aimed squarely at cutting out the Congress and challenging the BJP in next year's national elections.

Source - NDTV