NCP chief Sharad Pawar will on Wednesday meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Arvnd Kejriwal, a development being viewed keenly in terms of emerging new political equations.

"We are meeting over tea," Pawar responded on being asked about the agenda for the leaders from different parties getting together. Banerjee, who arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday from Kolkata, will meet Pawar at his residence soon after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the evening, sources said. Yadav will also attend the meeting, they said.

On Tuesday, Pawar had met the Trinamool Congress chief in her party's office inside Parliament House. Pawar was accompanied by his party colleagues Praful Patel and Tariq Anwar.



Later in the evening, Kejriwal hosted a dinner for Banerjee after which she said that if "we work together, our states will be stronger and our federal structure would be strong". Video: Have common grounds with Kejriwal, says Mamata



"Tomorrow (Wednesday) we are meeting at Sharad Pawar's residence. I think Kejriwalji is going there and other party leaders are also expected to come like the Samajwadi Party and JD(U)," Mamata told reporters after the meeting with Kejriwal.

Asked about the meeting with Kejriwal, Mamata said both of them discussed a range of issues including politics. She said the Delhi Chief Minister has also invited her to attend a seminar on cooperative federalism here on September 22. The invite has been extended to other Chief Ministers as well.

"When elections were held in Delhi and he had won in a massive majority, I had congratulated him that time. Today I met him and congratulated him for his success," she said. Asked whether TMC supports AAP's ideology, Mamata said "every party has its own ideology and every person has his own style of functioning".

When asked about the possibility of joining hands with AAP, she said, "Let's hope for the best. There are so many common grounds for working together."

Noting that he was touched by her gesture and warm hospitality, Kejriwal said, "We have to fight together many battles. If we have to take the country ahead, they have to join hands."

"Mamataji is senior to me and I have to learn a lot from her. Her party is also advocating the cause of the poor in Bengal. In Delhi also we raised issues concerning the common man. There are so may common grounds between Mamata and AAP and we will work together," he said.