A day before the Opposition INDIA Bloc meeting, AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here on Monday. After meeting with Mamata, the AAP convener met former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray and Sanjay Raut in the evening at his residence.

Kejriwal did not comment on the discussions at the around 45-minute meeting at the South Avenue residence of TMC MP and Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee. AAP leader Raghav Chadha was also present during the meeting.

Minutes before the meeting with Thackeray, the AAP stated, “Uddhav Thackeray will meet Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in some time. Both the leaders will meet at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Sanjay Raut will also attend the meeting Along with India alliance, ED notice can also be discussed as Kejriwal has received ED notice some time ago.”  Earlier on the day, Banerjee said the prime ministerial candidate of the alliance will be decided after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, emphasising that all the issues including seat sharing will be ironed out by the alliance partners to defeat the BJP.

Kejriwal is scheduled to go to an undisclosed place to attend a 10-day Vipassana meditation course from Tuesday.

The INDIA bloc meeting is scheduled in New Delhi on December 19. The alliance's proposed meeting on December 6 was postponed after several top leaders including Mamata Banerjee, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav expressed inability to attend.

This will be the fourth meeting of the opposition alliance and the first meeting since the results for five Assembly elections - Telangana, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, were announced. According to sources, the Trinamool Congress head has also got an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, December 20, at 11 am in Parliament. She is going to discuss the issue of pending funds from the Centre to West Bengal.