Kolkata:
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Capital on Monday and will invite them for the swearing-in ceremony of the first 'non-Left government' in Kolkata in almost three decades.
"We want honourable Prime Minister and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to be present on the day of our swearing-in. I will accompany Pranab Da to Delhi and invite them, and will decide on the date of swearing-in accordingly," Mamata had said after her meeting with Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.
Ms Banerjee met the senior Congress leader at his south Kolkata residence and proposed that the Congress should join the new government in West Bengal to be headed by her. A day before, she dealt a crushing defeat to the Left Front in the state Assembly polls.
Emerging from the meeting, Mamata told reporters, "We were a strong coalition and the Assembly election result is a testimony to that. We will remain a strong coalition to form a good government".
Sources have told NDTV that the Congress is keen to join the Bengal government headed by Mamata. Sources also said that when Mamata will resign as Railways Minister, Trinamool will retain the portfolio and party leader Mukul Roy will most likely get the post.
After their meeting on Saturday, both Mamata and Pranab Mukherjee had said that they had a productive meeting.
"We discussed about the formation of state government in Bengal. We also discussed how the two political parties (Trinamool and Congress), under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, will create a new Bengal," Mr Mukherjee had said while addressing a joint briefing with Mamata Banerjee. (With PTI Inputs)
"We want honourable Prime Minister and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to be present on the day of our swearing-in. I will accompany Pranab Da to Delhi and invite them, and will decide on the date of swearing-in accordingly," Mamata had said after her meeting with Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.
Ms Banerjee met the senior Congress leader at his south Kolkata residence and proposed that the Congress should join the new government in West Bengal to be headed by her. A day before, she dealt a crushing defeat to the Left Front in the state Assembly polls.
Emerging from the meeting, Mamata told reporters, "We were a strong coalition and the Assembly election result is a testimony to that. We will remain a strong coalition to form a good government".
Sources have told NDTV that the Congress is keen to join the Bengal government headed by Mamata. Sources also said that when Mamata will resign as Railways Minister, Trinamool will retain the portfolio and party leader Mukul Roy will most likely get the post.
After their meeting on Saturday, both Mamata and Pranab Mukherjee had said that they had a productive meeting.
"We discussed about the formation of state government in Bengal. We also discussed how the two political parties (Trinamool and Congress), under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, will create a new Bengal," Mr Mukherjee had said while addressing a joint briefing with Mamata Banerjee. (With PTI Inputs)
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