New Delhi: The cash crunch following the Central government's withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes has done the unthinkable -- at least, in Bengal.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called up archrival CPM's general secretary Sitaram Yechury and asked him to join hands in their fight against the scrapping of high denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 and call on President Pranab Mukherjee together.
Sources say Mr Yechury told the Chief Minister that he would revert in a couple of days as he is away in Tamil Nadu and will have to consult his Bengal comrades.
On Saturday, the Chief Minister addressed a press conference where she reached out to the CPM. "Yes I have ideological differences with them but we should come together for the sake of the country," said Ms Banerjee.
"We have always argued that she benefitted from the BJP regime in Sharda investigation. How can we go together?" said a senior member of the party from Bengal.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called up archrival CPM's general secretary Sitaram Yechury and asked him to join hands in their fight against the scrapping of high denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 and call on President Pranab Mukherjee together.
Sources say Mr Yechury told the Chief Minister that he would revert in a couple of days as he is away in Tamil Nadu and will have to consult his Bengal comrades.
On Saturday, the Chief Minister addressed a press conference where she reached out to the CPM. "Yes I have ideological differences with them but we should come together for the sake of the country," said Ms Banerjee.
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"We have always argued that she benefitted from the BJP regime in Sharda investigation. How can we go together?" said a senior member of the party from Bengal.
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