Mamata says will not leave any LS seat for Congress in W Bengal

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMID efforts by the Congress to mollify the TMC following a seat-sharing impasse in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday declared she would not leave any Lok Sabha seat for the grand old party, accusing it of aligning with the CPI (M) to bolster the BJP, as turmoil in the Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A. deepened in the State. The feisty TMC boss also accused the CPI (M) of ruining her party’s relationship with the Congress, its ally in the Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A. at the national level.

 

Banerjee, who was speaking at a public distribution programme here, said the TMC decided to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls alone in West Bengal after the Congress declined her offer to contest two seats in the State. Will sit on dharna from Feb 2 if Centre does not clear West Bengal’s dues: Mamata: WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she would sit on dharna from February 2 if the BJP-led Government at the Centre does not clear the State’s dues.

 

Speaking at an official function in Malda, Banerjee urged party workers and those affected by the non-payment of funds to participate in the dharna, which would be staged at the BR Ambedkar statue in the Red Road area in Kolkata.

“I have given them an ultimatum till February 1 to clear all dues of the State, failing which I will stage a dharna from February 2. If the dues are not cleared, I know how to get it through a movement”.