Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s alliance pitch for the upcoming Bengal bypoll has fallen flat after the Congress decided to fight solo.
If it loses the symbol, the momentum will be lost and impact the Congress,” he explained. reports suggest Trinamool chief Banerjee had dialled Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal with an alliance proposal but didn’t hear back from him While no official statements have been issued by either party. The Congress was also the first party in Bengal to declare its candidates for the high-voltage Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls next month. “The Trinamool is embroiled in a fight over the symbol. If we go by the Shiv Sena symbol tussle, in all likelihood, the EC will do as directed by the BJP. The Congress in Bengal has witnessed Trinamool’s quick disintegration and is battling an internal turmoil after a crushing defeat in the state polls this May.
Speaking to NDTV, WBPCC Chief Subhankar Sarkar said the Congress hasn’t shut the door to parties ideologically opposed to the BJP, but the Trinamool, at this point, appears to be a liability that can potentially bring down an alliance.
