Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed Congress by stating that today there is no United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Mamata Banerjee’s this statement came after her meeting with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar at his residence in Mumbai.
When reporters asked Mamata Banerjee that Sharad Pawar should be made UPA chairman Mamata replied that “What is UPA? There is no UPA”
Mamata Banerjee also targeted BJP and said we all like minded parties should come together against Fascist party like BJP.
Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar said after the meeting: “Today, my colleagues & I had a long chat with her. Her intention is, in today’s situation like-minded forces have to come together at national level & set up collective leadership”
“We have to provide a strong alternative to leadership. Our thinking is not for today, but for election. This has to be established and with that intention, she has visited and had a very positive discussion with all of us,” he added.
Earlier, Pawar had taken to social media immediately after the meeting. “Pleased to meet Hon’ble CM of West Bengal Smt Mamata Banerjee at my Mumbai residence. We discussed various issues. We agreed upon the need to strengthen the collective efforts and commitment towards safeguarding democratic values and ensuring the betterment of our people,” Pawar tweeted after the meeting.
Pleased to meet Hon'ble CM of West Bengal Smt @MamataOfficial at my Mumbai residence. We Discussed various issues. We agreed upon the need to strengthen the collective efforts and commitment towards safeguarding democratic values and ensuring the betterment of our people. pic.twitter.com/ryrVH2hD6N
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) December 1, 2021
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief had met with Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray and party leader Sanjay Raut in Mumbai.
“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 had said after the meeting, as per ANI.
Banerjee had also 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.
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