West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee met with Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray and party leader Sanjay Raut in Mumbai, ANI reported.
"We welcome her to Mumbai and Maharashtra. There has always been a friendship. We had met her even 2-3 years back when she visited Mumbai. We came to carry forward that friendship. We discussed many issues but we came here to welcome her to Mumbai," Thackeray said after the meeting, as per ANI.
Earlier, Banerjee had visited the Siddhivinayak Temple after which she paid tribute to Tukaram Omble statue in Mumbai. Omble was a Mumbai Police officer who had lost his life in the line of duty during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Banerjee To Meet Sharad Pawar on Wednesday
Meanwhile, Banerjee is scheduled to meet Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday afternoon, confirmed Maharashtra Minister for Minority Affairs and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik, reported The Indian Express.
“Mamata Didi is on a Maharashtra tour, and she will meet Pawar sahab tomorrow at 3 pm. It’s a goodwill visit, following which she will address the press and inform the public about the discussions,” Malik was quoted as saying by the daily.
“TMC is expanding outside Bengal and it’s the right of every political party. However, we believe that a united Opposition front is not possible excluding Congress. Pawar sahab has clarified this several times,” he added.
(With inputs from ANI and The Indian Express.)
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