Reported By: Kamalika Sengupta
Edited By: Pathikrit Sen Gupta
Last Updated: March 24, 2023, 00:48 IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik. (Pic/News18)
It started with Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav on March 17. Then on Thursday, Mamata met Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. And on Friday, she may have a gathering with Janata Dal (Secular)’s HD Kumaraswamy
In the span of a couple of week, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is assembly three vital leaders from the opposition camp. It started with Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav on March 17. Then on Thursday, Mamata met Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. And on Friday, she may have a gathering with Janata Dal (Secular)’s HD Kumaraswamy.
In Odisha, each Mamata Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik termed it a courtesy name, sustaining that no political dialogue occurred. However, on the similar time, they careworn on the significance of getting a robust federal construction.
“It was a courtesy call. No serious discussion on politics took place. We just said the federal structure of India should remain permanent and strong,” stated Patnaik.
Similarly, Mamata stated, “When I first became an MP, Bijuji (Naveen Patnaik’s father and former Odisha CM) invited me. We are neighbouring states and our relationship is good. As Naveen ji said, I also believe the federal structure should be strong.”
Observers say each Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have the identical coverage of sustaining equal distance from the BJP and Congress. That’s why when each these regional satraps met, there was buzz of a attainable “third front”.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal chief of opposition Suvendu Adhikari took a dig on the assembly on Twitter.
If you learn between the traces, the query & reply feels like this:-Journalist – Sir, did you talk about with Mamata Ji concerning third Front alliance earlier than the upcoming 2024 General Elections?
Naveen Patnaik Ji – Puri asunthi, Maha Prabhu darshan korunthi, ebar ghar jaunti… pic.twitter.com/gGugoPWNWX
— Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) March 23, 2023
The assembly between Akhilesh and Mamata final Friday indicated that an opposition bloc is shaping up and it doesn’t need the Congress to be the “big brother”, say analysts. That feeling is now getting strengthened with the TMC chief assembly Patnaik and getting set to meet Kumaraswamy.
In 2019, simply earlier than the Lok Sabha polls, opposition leaders got here collectively on the Kolkata Brigade Parade Ground, in a present of energy. Mamata even began her marketing campaign from Visakhapatnam with Telugu Desam Party’s N Chandrababu Naidu. But nothing extra occurred.
Analysts say the opposition has to settle two points: who would be the total chief, and a typical minimal programme.
Another part feels that the method of alliance formation proper now could be as anticipated, and the actual united opposition, if in any respect, will emerge solely after the elections.
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