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            Banerjee termed the meet- rise, increasing cost of diesel  Narendra Modi here on Tues-                    tal since Trinamool  Congress
        ing as “very good” and ex- and petrol,  and issues  related  day.  The Trinamool  Congress                    returned to power in the as-
        pressed hope that positive  to tackling the COVID-19 pan- chief met the Prime Minister                        sembly polls earlier this year.
        results will come in the near  demic.                                    a  day after her arrival  in the         Her visit has coincided with
        future. “Sonia ji invited me for        The West Bengal Chief  national capital. This is her                  the monsoon session of parlia-
        tea, Rahul ji was also there. We  Minister  met  Prime  Minister  first  visit  to  the  national  capi-      ment in which the opposition
        discussed the political situation                                                                             parties are protesting on a range
        in general, the Pegasus, COVID                                                                                of issues including the allega-
        situation, and also discussed the                                                                             tions of surveillance through
        unity of opposition. It was a very                                                                            Pegasus spyware, price rise, and
        good meeting. I think the posi-                                                                               repeal of three farm laws.
        tive result must come out in the                                                                                  Earlier  in  the  day  Madhya
        future,” Banerjee told reporters                                                                              Pradesh Congress chief Ka-
        here after the meeting.                                                                                       mal Nath and Congress leader
            “It is essential for everyone                                                                             Anand Sharma met the Trina-
        to come together in order to de-                                                                              mool Congress chief.
        feat BJP... Alone, I am nothing                                                                                   Sharma told the media that
        - everyone will have to work to-                                                                              he and Mamata Banerjee have
        gether. I am not a leader, I am                                                                               worked together for years.
        a cadre. I am a person from the                                                                                   “I appreciate her for how
        street,” she added.                                                                                           she fought the recent polls and
            Banerjee’s visit during the                                                                               won. She has come to Delhi for
        ongoing Parliament’s Monsoon                                                                                  the first time after victory, so I
        session  holds  significance  as                                                                              came and had tea with her,” he
        the Opposition is cornering the                                                                               told the media. Mamata Baner-
        BJP-led NDA government on a           West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting with        jee was in Congress before she
        range of issues including price                   TMC MPs, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI)                   formed her own party.


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