UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee, N. Chandrababu Naidu and Arvind Kejriwal, NCP leader Sharad Pawar and DMK leader M.K. Stalin were among senior opposition leaders who attended a meeting on Monday to discuss ways to take on the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections next year.

TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had taken the initiative to call the meeting, a day ahead of the start of the winter session of Parliament and the declaration of Assembly election results in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana -- seen as a trendsetter for general elections.