Mamata Banerjee suggests, "Opposition shouldn't pick PM candidate against Modi"

c Mamata Banerjee, who held a meeting with senior National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah here today, said no name should be picked as the prime ministerial candidate of the probable Opposition front in the next Lok Sabha polls as it would divide the unity of the regional parties fighting the BJP.
She asserted that all the regional anti-BJP parties were together and they should sacrifice for the country's benefit.
"Please do not pick and choose any particular name to divide us," the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief told reporters after her meeting with Abdullah.
She said this when the reporters asked Abdullah, who was in the city to take part in a forum discussion, whether the Opposition was ready to highlight Banerjee as the prime ministerial candidate of the federal front in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Echoing Banerjee, Abdullah, a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, said it was too early to choose the Opposition's prime ministerial candidate.
"Our main focus should be to come together and put up a good fight against the BJP and then, we can decide on that," he added.
"I think all the regional parties, all the political parties who are against the BJP are working together. Maybe one or two parties may not as they have their states' compulsions, but a majority of them are working together. Our intention is very clear," Banerjee said.