Mamata meets Uddhav, backs his stand against BJP

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Uddhav Thackeray.

Pic courtesy: PTI

Kolkata/Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.

Uddhav, accompanied by his son Aditya, visited the hotel in south Mumbai where Banerjee is staying and were received by the Trinamool Congress chief.

Later, they spent some time discussing issues of mutual interest.

"His political party has its own ideology. Despite being in the NDA, they are criticising (the government)... this is a big thing. What Uddhav is doing is the right thing," Banerjee told the media.

"Meeting was good. It was a courteous meeting. I know them very well. Even when demonetisation started, when we met President of India, he (Uddhav) sent his representative. We discussed about demonetisation, GST, present situation of fixed deposits. We discussed about the common people," the West Bengal CM said, as per IANS.


Banerjee is in Mumbai since Tuesday for a meeting with top industrialists and bankers for the upcoming fourth Bengal Global Business Summit scheduled in Kolkata on January 16-17.

Both Sena and Banerjee's party have been highly critical of the BJP and the Modi government on a host of issues, including demonetisation.

(With Agency inputs)