West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Both the leaders are believed to have discussed the coming Presidential election. Speaking to reporters later, Mamta Banerjee declined to divulge the details of their discussion.

Earlier in the day, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav refused to express his opinion on probable candidates for the forthcoming election to the country's highest office. Yadav, hoever, said President should always be a political person.

CPI(M) today asked the Congress to take the initiative in building a consensus on the candidate for the Presidential election . Party MP and politburo member Sitaram Yechury said the Left parties will discuss the Presidential Election issue at their meeting tomorrow.