New Delhi, May 7 -- Days after her poll drubbing, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at the former's Kolkata residence on Thursday.

Yadav was received by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at the Kalighat residence of the party's supreme leader.

During his meeting with Mamata Banerjee - who was de-seated by the BJP in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections - Yadav reportedly told her, "Didi, you have not lost. What a commendable battle you all have fought."

Mamata's TMC managed to win 80 of the 294 Assembly seats in West Bengal, while the BJP won 207 seats, as per the final tally available on the Election Commission's website.

As she lost a state she g...