There is no thaw in the relations between the Congress and the TMC, despite the attempt by some to bring them together to build a united front of all Congress-born parties. Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata further left the Congress divided over whether a party representative should attend it or not. Ambika Soni, general secretary attached to Sonia Gandhi's office, was selected to go to West Bengal. Since opposition leaders cutting across the political spectrum, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the National Conference's Farooq Abdullah, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju of the TDP, were scheduled to attend the swearing-in, it was felt that the Congress should not keep out. However, Bengal PCC chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury protested to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi that party workers would be demoralised if any party leader attended Mamata's function considering the bitterness between the two parties during the elections and the violence by TMC workers even after the polls. Rahul promptly directed Soni to stay put in Delhi