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Presidential polls: Cracks in Opposition ranks as Mamata's meeting begins

TRS, AAP have refused to attend the meeting with SAD likely to give it a miss too

Mamata Banerjee
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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee called upon NCP chief Sharad Pawar at his residence in New Delhi.

BS Web Team New Delhi
TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting with the leaders of the opposition parties in the national capital today.

The meeting comes against the backdrop of upcoming presidential elections which are scheduled to take place on July 18. The West Bengal CM met NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday in Delhi a day prior to the scheduled meeting. Mamata Banerjee aims to bring the opposition parties together, to put up a united fight against the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

During Mamata Banerjee's meeting with Sharad Pawar, the former asked Pawar to become the opposition nominee for the upcoming

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