We are in favour of a consensus candidate from the opposition, says Mamata on presidential election

"We will decide a consensus candidate from the opposition who will be better for the country, because the country is important," Banerjee said. 

While interacting with the media after the meet, Banerjee said that she might again meet Sonia next week to discuss on presidential election.

The term of Pranab Mukherjee as a president will expire in the month of July and to decide on the possible face to be projected by the opposition for the presidential election, WB CM flew to the national capital to meet Gandhi, a day back.

Though Banerjee did not reveal the details of the meeting with the Congress national president, she said that there were no name for the post discussed in the course of the discussion.

Without taking any name, Banerjee targeted the BJP and said: "Political fights must be fought politcally and ideologically but not by sending Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) to all political parties. It can be to Lalu (Lalu Prasad Yadav), Kejri (Arvind Kejriwal) , Virbhadra Singh, Chidambaram (P. Chidambaram), Akhilesh Yadav or my party (TMC). They also pressurised media even. We won't allow them to bulldoze democracy because India is a democratic country."

Banerjee was a proponent in calling for a unified opposition and vehemently favoured a federal front particularly after the demonetisation, which was later resonated in Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's voice.

Regarding the meet with Sonia, the TMC supremo said: "We discussed various political issues. When two political parties talk to each other, political discussions do come up."