Kolkata: In a chance meeting, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jashodaben at Kolkata airport before boarding her flight to New Delhi. The two women exchanged pleasantries.

A source close to Banerjee said that Jashodaben was leaving the city after a two-day visit to Dhanbad in neighbouring Jharkhand. "It was a chance meeting and they exchanged greetings. The chief minister also gifted her a sari," the source said.