Sonia Gandhi calls Mamata Banerjee from hospital for talks on Monday
Gandhi made the call to the Trinamool Congress supremo from hospital where she was admitted for food poisoning.
The Congress President's call for a meeting is significant since she is leading the opposition move to put up a candidate of their choice against the BJP nominee.
Even though the BJP, with its number of MPs in Parliament, is certain to win such an election, the move initiated by the opposition is being seen as a prelude to forming a platform to take on the might of the ruling party in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Gandhi has already met political heavyweights like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (U) and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.
Her son and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has held parleys with CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
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