As Prez poll letter ruffles feathers, TMC neta calls up Congress brass

As Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s letter to opposition leaders seeking a meeting on President’s election on June 15 triggered an uproar in the anti-BJP camp, the TMC Sunday reached out to the Congress in what was being seen as a move to clear the air.

- Subodh Ghildiyal

CLEARING THE AIR?

New Delhi: Mamata’s Saturday missive to 22 opposition leaders, intimating that a meeting be held in the capital on Wednesday, raised eyebrows. The recipients saw it as a parallel initiative by the Bengal leader, after Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had already kicked off consultations on Thursday.

The Left and the DMK were particularly incensed by Mamata’s action, and many opposition parties confabulated amongst themselves on the possible motive of the TMC letter.