Setting in motion the process to explore ways to forge a non-BJP and non-Congress federal front before the Lok Sabha polls, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao today met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, a development the TRS leader called the beginning of the whole thing. Talking to journalists after the meeting, Rao said the process for creation of a federal front has begun and he would now talk to like-minded parties. We are trying to bring in a real federal front. Today is the beginning of the federal front, the beginning of the whole thing. We had fruitful discussions about it. We will talk to all like-minded parties to create an alternative against the Congress and the BJP, he said after a two-hour meeting with Banerjee. With TMC chief by his side, Rao said,The country needs something good. It is in need of miracle. If the BJP goes and the Congress comes, will it do any miracles? He underscored the need for an alternative agenda and alternative political force in the country.