Mamata Banerjee meets PM Narendra Modi

PMO India tweeted: " West Bengal CM @MamataOfficial called on PM @narendramodi ."

Banerjee said she discussed the topic of changing the name of the state during her meeting with the PM.

"I discussed the issue of changing the name of the state and PM said he will look into the matter," Banerjee told reporters after the metting with the PM.

This is Banerjee's first Delhi trip since her Trinamool Congress (TMC) decimated Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2021 assembly elections.

Banerjee had last visited Delhi in 2019 after suffering a setback in the hands of the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.

Banerjee also met senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma during the trip.

Banerjee's meetings with the Congress leaders are politically significant as both the parties are working together in Parliament during the monsoon session on a number of issues.

She will meet Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday.

To corner the BJP government, Banerjee's cabinet, hours before the Chief Minister flew off to Delhi, Monday constituted a two-member commission to probe into snooping, in the wake of the Pegasus spyware issue.

Banerjee, who is aiming to play a larger role in national politics, was last week appointed as the TMC's parliamentary party chairperson.