Mamata Banerjee meets Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, says BJP is nervous about 2019 polls

The Congress party shortly released an image of Mamata Banerjee's meeting with the top Congress leaders.

Sharing the image, Congress tweeted: "UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Congress President @RahulGandhi met CM of West Bengal, @MamataOfficial."

Mamata Banerjee told reporters: "We discussed current politics and the possibility of all of us contesting elections together in future."

She said the NRC Assam issue was also discussed during the meeting.

Sparking fears of deportation, India on Monday announced exclusion of about four million people from citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam bordering Bangladesh after a draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published.

Those excluded from the list could not prove their citizenship by providing valid documents and they are mostly Muslim immigrants who came to Assam before 1971, when millions fled Bangladesh’s war of independence.

Mamata has been criticising the ruling BJP over the NRC issue.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, Mamata said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was 'nervous' about its prospect of returning to power after the Lok Sabha polls in 2019.

"BJP is politically nervous. They know they won't come back to power in 2019. So they are not speaking responsibly, We won't respond to abuse with abuse. It is not our culture. We believe in the politics of courtesy," Mamata said attacking the BJP.

She said all opposition parties should work together to defeat the BJP.

"In 2019 it will be collective leadership. First priority is to remove BJP. We will fight together. Whichever party is strong, will fight in respective states. We are strong in our State. We can fight on our own," Mamata said.

Mamata Banerjee said the issue of Prime Ministerial face will be discussed later.

"The issue of PM will be decided later. I am just a common man," she said.

Banerjee, earlier in the day, met BJP patriarch LK Advani.