Will Mamata Banerjee lead INDIA alliance against PM Modi? Sri Lankan prez asks million-dollar question

A smiling Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday requested West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a lighter vein, whether or not she goes to lead the opposition alliance INDIA, at an opportunity assembly in Dubai.

Banerjee who met Wickremesinghe on the Dubai airport was additionally amused by the question.

“If people support us, we can be in a position (power) tomorrow,” replied the chief minister who’s on a 12-day official journey to Dubai and Spain.

Over two dozen opposition events have fashioned the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) to tackle the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance unitedly within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The coordination committee of INDIA held its first assembly on the residence of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Wednesday.

In a publish on X, Banerjee mentioned that Wickremesinghe, seeing her on the airport lounge, referred to as her to “join for some discussion” when she invited him to the state-organised Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) in November.

“His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe saw me at the Dubai International Airport Lounge and called me to join for some discussion. I have been humbled by his greetings and (have) invited him to the Bengal Global Business Summit 2023 in Kolkata,” she mentioned.

Banerjee additionally mentioned Wickremesinghe has invited her to go to the island nation. “It was a pleasant interaction with deep implications,” she added.

Banerjee reached Dubai on Tuesday night and was on the airport there this morning to board her flight to Spain. This 12 months’s BGBS is scheduled for November 21-22.

Banerjee had on Tuesday morning left for the tour of Dubai and Spain, throughout which she is going to attend enterprise summits to draw investments to the state.

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