West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday introduced her get together will contest the Lok Sabha elections in all constituencies within the state, citing a significant setback within the seat-sharing talks with the INDIA bloc ally Congress. She mentioned her get together’s seat-sharing proposals have been “dismissed” by Congress instantly.
“We have now not talked to anybody about it (seat sharing). Nevertheless, my get together had despatched a proposal to them (Congress), which was dismissed instantly. Due to this fact, we determined to go alone in Bengal (for the polls). No talks on the matter have been carried out to this point,” the chief minister mentioned earlier than leaving for Purba Bardhaman, the place she is scheduled to chair an administrative assessment assembly.
“Let the Congress battle 300 seats by itself. The regional events are collectively and may contest the remainder. Nevertheless, we is not going to tolerate any interference by them (Congress),” she added.
CM Banerjee additionally expressed her disappointment for “not informing” her concerning the Congress-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, scheduled to enter the state on Thursday.
“They (Congress) are doing a rally (in Bengal), however they didn’t inform me. I’m part of the INDIA alliance; as a courtesy, they need to have knowledgeable me that ‘Didi, I’m coming to your state’,” she mentioned.
The TMC supremo’s remarks got here a day after a closed-door assembly between the West Bengal CM and get together leaders within the TMC stronghold Birbhum district, during which Banerjee reportedly requested all leaders to arrange for contesting the polls alone and never to consider seat-sharing talks.
A rift embroiled between Congress and TMC over seat sharing within the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. TMC’s vocal critic and state Congress chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has been launching assaults on CM Banerjee. On Tuesday, the Congress MP referred to as The Bengal CM an“opportunist” and mentioned the elections wouldn’t be fought at her mercy.
“This time, the elections is not going to be fought on the mercy of Mamata Banerjee. The Congress defeated the BJP and TMC within the two seats that Mamata Banerjee is leaving. The Congress get together is aware of tips on how to contest the elections. Mamta Banerjee is an opportunist; she got here to energy in 2011, with the mercy of Congress,” Chowdhury mentioned, moments after get together chief Rahul Gandhi snubbed his criticism towards Mamata Banerjee by saying these remarks “will not matter”.
“The negotiations on seat-sharing are underway; I do not need to remark right here. However Mamata Banerjee could be very near me and our get together. Typically our leaders say one thing, their leaders say one thing, and it goes on. It is a pure factor. Such feedback will not matter and these are usually not issues which might be going to disrupt issues,” Gandhi mentioned on the sidelines of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
The state Congress expressed disappointment over TMC’s proposal to share solely two of the full 42 constituencies within the state for contesting the nationwide elections.
In the meantime, Mamata Banerjee has been proposing a performance-based quantifier to determine on seat-sharing gaming INDIA bloc allies.
“Our get together supremo clearly mentioned that we do not want to consider seat-sharing talks with the Congress. She mentioned that the get together had provided two seats to them. However the Congress at instances is demanding 10-12 seats,” a senior TMC chief informed PTI.