Arvind Kejriwal congratulates Mamata Banerjee on civic polls victory

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday called his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and congratulated her on the Trinamool Congress' victory in the recent civic polls held across the state.

Earlier in the day, TMC leader and spokesperson Derek O'Brien held a meeting with Kejriwal. The TMC bagged 114 out of 144 wards in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls on Tuesday.

The party hailed the verdict as reflective of the people wanting Mamata to carry on development work in the state. No single party has merited the status of "principal opposition party" in Kolkata Municipal Corporation for failure to get the required minimum 10 percent of seats in the just-concluded election to the civic body.

City Mayor Sovan Chhatopadhyay said that none of the opposition parties got the minimum 10 per cent of seats in the April 21 KMC election, required to be given the status of principal opposition party. In the outgoing Mayor-in-Council, the Left Front had secured 32 seats out of 141 and CPI-M's share was more than 23, allowing it to be given the status.