Kejriwal who had come along with his party comrade and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann as part of a nationwide tour to garner support for his fight against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi, held a nearly hour-long meeting here with Banerjee at the state secretariat

Kejriwal told newspersons that a forthcoming vote in Rajya Sabha on a bill to convert the central ordinance into law, will be a "semi-final before the 2024 elections."

He alleged the saffron party "buys MLAs, uses CBI, ED to try to break" opposition governments, besides using Governors to disturb non-BJP governments such as "Bengal and Punjab".

Banerjee told newspersons, "We support AAP in the fight against the Central ordinance ...Request all parties not to vote for BJP's law (on controlling appointments in Delhi)"

The feisty TMC leader also quipped "The double engine (BJP rule in both state and centre) has become a troubled engine" and added mysteriously, "Its only a matter of six months (that the central government will stay in power) ...But if a miracle occurs, they might have to go before that too."

Kejriwal and Mann also turned the impromptu press conference held after the meeting of the two leaders, into an attack on the BJP and central government