Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who announced days ago that she will go solo in next year's general election, called upon the opposition today to unite and throw the BJP out of power. In one of her strongest addresses in Kolkata, Ms Banerjee, one of the opposition interlocutors in 2019, said the opposition "must unite"; Germany today said that "fundamental democratic principles" should apply in the case of Rahul Gandhi, who has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha after his conviction in a defamation case and other top stories.