West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit New Delhi later this month wherein she will be able to keep talks with leaders of non-BJP events, TMC assets said on Thursday, amid the renewed buzz over formation of an anti-BJP front in advance of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
According to some reports, she can head to the country wide capital on July 25.
Sources in West Bengal's ruling TMC said the celebration supremo's Delhi go to ought to manifest any day after the Martyr's Day rally in Kolkata on July 21. The TMC holds a rally each year to commemorate the killing of thirteen humans in police firing on Youth Congress workers on July 21, 1993, during a protest led through Banerjee, who turned into then its chief.
The communicate of an anti-BJP front got revived after leaders of diverse events and outstanding people congregated at NCP leader Sharad Pawar's New Delhi residence closing month.
However, there was no tangible movement forward in that course at the meeting hosted by means of Pawar and known as by way of former union minister Yashwant Sinha, who is now in the TMC. Sinha, a former BJP stalwart, is a strident critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The hypothesis about an anti-BJP coalition grew once more after election strategist Prashant Kishor had a string of conferences with Pawar and the Gandhis, together with the one he had with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former celebration chief Rahul Gandhi and wellknown secretary Priyanka Vadra collectively.
Though what exactly transpired at the parleys isn't always known but, media speculated a broadbased coalition in opposition to the Centre's ruling NDA might have been at the time table.
"Banerjee is probably to visit New Delhi after the 21st July Martyr's Day rally. She may also supply details about her go to all through her speech. The date is but to be fixed however it'll be after the rally," sources informed PTI.
Banerjee, who's in all likelihood to spend a few days within the country wide capital, has apparently timed her go to to coincide with the monsoon session of Parliament as senior leaders of competition parties might be on the town.
The sources said Banerjee may additionally visit some other states as nicely.
On her component, Banerjee told a press conference that there has been nothing uncommon in her visit.
"Everytime after elections I go to Delhi to fulfill old and new buddies. So, this time too, I could be going to Delhi for few days as the COVID-19 scenario is currently underneath control," she said.
"Mamata didi has similarly grown in stature after defeating the BJP inside the assembly elections. She now wants to attain out to anti-BJP and non-BJP parties at the countrywide stage ahead of the 2024 general elections," a TMC leader said.
He stated Banerjee will, in all opportunity, meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, her Delhi counterpart and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Sharad Pawar at some stage in the go to.
Kishor, who crafted Narendra Modi's 2012 Gujarat meeting campaign and devised his successful high ministerial bid in 2014, is also being hailed for drawing up the TMC's method that saw Banerjee conquer the bold BJP inside the West Bengal polls.
The astute election supervisor additionally rendered his offerings to AAP in Delhi, Jaganmohan Reddy's YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh and, extra lately, M K Stalin's DMK in Tamil Nadu with extraordinary success.
Banerjee, arguably the maximum doughty opposition face after the TMC's resounding victory, now seeks a larger position in country wide politics and, helped by means of Kishor's personal equation with a host of opposition leaders, will try and turn out to be the rallying point for anti-BJP events.
"This is step one in the direction of reaching out to them," the TMC leader stated.
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