Soon after meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Chairperson, Mamata Banerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on December 01 said that like-minded forces have to unite at national-level and set up a collective leadership. “Sanjay Raut and Aaditya Thackeray met her (Mamata). Today, my colleagues and I had a long discussion with her. Her intention is that in today's situation like-minded forces have to come together at national level and set up collective leadership,” he added.