West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday and said she raised the contentious issue of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) with him.

Mamata Banerjee said that she has handed over a letter to the Home Minister mentioning that there is no need for NRC to be implemented in Bengal.

Citing that even Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has also expressed that NRC is not required in Bihar, Mamata advocated her stand against the NRC during his meeting with Amit Shah.

Earlier while speaking to media, she said, "Had come here to discuss the 19 lakh people not included in the NRC. They should all be included in it".

The chief minister had yesterday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, her first meeting with him after general elections. During her meeting with Modi, the issue of West Bengal's name change to Bangla was discussed. The Chief Minister made it clear that any suggestion from the Centre will be accepted.

"Bengal is open to any 'addition or alternation' on the name change," Banerjee had said. The Chief Minister specifically mentioned that the meeting was "government to government sans political interferences".

At present, BJP is the key opponent of TMC after the former performed exceptionally well in West Bengal during the Lok Sabha elections, where the party won 18 seats.

(With inputs from ANI)