New Delhi : Even as she remained ambivalent on the Opposition’s face to take on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi today while powering through a packed schedule in a bid to resurrect a united Opposition to take on the BJP juggernaut in the 2024 general elections.

Sources said Rahul also attended the meeting.“Hum akele koi kuchnahihai (alone we are nothing). Everyone has to come on board," she was quoted as saying after the meeting.“Our meeting was fruitful. We discussed many issues including COVID-19 and Pegasus besides a strong opposition. I personally believe that we need to be united to defeat the BJP. The Centre should respond to the Pegasus issue in the Parliament. Why are they mum on the Pegasus issue?"When she was asked once again who will be the face of the opposition, she said, “I am not a leader but I am a cadre. I am a street person. I will work as a worker.”The Bengal chief minister is in Delhi for five days. She had met with senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma yesterday.Before the meeting, Mamata spoke to a handful of reporters, where she clarified that she had no leaning towards being the prime minister.“I want to help all the opposition parties to bell the cat. I don’t want to be a leader, but a simple cadre," she said on the leadership issue.

“I am not a political astrologer. It depends on the situation, structure. I have no problem if someone else leads. When the matter is discussed we can decide. I cannot impose," Banerjee told the media when asked if she would be the face of the Opposition.Recently, while addressing the ‘Ekushey July’ (Martyrs’ Day on July 21) speech virtually from her residence at Kalighat in South Kolkata, she had said, “It is difficult to predict what will happen in 2024 (LokSabha Poll) but we have to start preparing for it now. I would like to request senior leaders like SharadPawarji to arrange a meeting (of Opposition leaders) in Delhi as I will be in the national capital. We can’t afford to waste time. I will work as an ordinary worker and I will follow your instructions to fight against this dangerous government at the Centre.”

She further said, “We need to work now on a formula against the BJP considering the 2024 Polls because ‘azadikhatremeinhai’ (freedom is in danger). Therefore, let’s unite to save our country because we have only two and half years left (for 2024 LokSabha polls). I felt that the alliance just before the poll will not work and therefore we have to work on mission 2024 from now onwards.”