Mamata seeks help of CPI(M), Congress |
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reached out to the CPI(M) and the Congress seeking their support to tackle the BJP`s rise in West Bengal. This move is seen as her effort to avoid defeat in the next assembly elections in the state. She said the three parties must come together to fight against the saffron surge unitedly, but clearly ruled out an alliance. Mamata Banerjee who had blamed the CPI-M and the Congress for helping BJP win seats in the state, made the offer while speaking in the assembly on Wednesday. She elaborated in her speech, “The BJP is destroying all democratic institutions. It is spreading communal fanaticism. The people of the state are witnessing what is happening at Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas. They now see what happens if you vote for the BJP. Except the BJP, all the other political parties here are honest.” She added, “I think all of us — Trinamool, Congress and CPI(M) — should come together in the battle against the BJP.” Rejecting her offer, CPI(M) MLA of Jadavpur Sujan Chakraborty alleged: “It is the Trinamool which helped the BJP to grow here. There is no alternative to the Left, though it lost some seats temporarily.”
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