Bengal Polls 2021
Mamata Banerjee to meet RJD's Tejashwi Yadav today amid Bengal poll preparations
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will Monday meet Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, triggering speculation over an alliance between the two parties in the upcoming state polls.
The understanding is likely to be reached as the RJD is aiming to keep its footprint in the state.
Meanwhile, reports said Banerjee may announce the first candidature list of the Trinamool Monday.
The Trinamool has already formed a 12-member Election Commission, headed by Banerjee, comprising senior party leaders and the Chief Minister's parliamentarian nephew Abhishek Banerjee, the de facto number two in the outfit.
To take on the Trinamool and an aggressive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Union Front has been created by the Left parties, Congress and Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF).
The BJP, which won 18 seats in the 201 9 Lok Sabha polls, has emerged as the prime challenger to the Trinamool, which is seeking its third uninterrupted term.
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