Mamata open to opposition’s common presidential nominee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that she has kept her options open on the issue of common opposition candidate for the presidential election.

“My options are always open when it comes to betterment of the country and the party,” Banerjee told reporters here.

She, however, said that she would be in a position to speak more on the issue after meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi, whom, she said, she had known for long.