New Delhi: Before the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Congress’s hopes in West Bengal have suffered a major setback. Mamata Banerjee’s party TMC has made it clear that it will contest alone on all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. Senior leader of TMC i.e. Trinamool Congress, Derek O’Brien said in clear words on Friday that TMC will contest elections on all 42 Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal. This statement of O’Brien comes amid reports that Congress will soon finalize the seat agreement with Trinamool Congress.
In fact, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien said on Friday that there has been no change in the party’s stand of contesting all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, some seats in Assam and one seat in Meghalaya. Let us tell you that Congress and Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress are part of the opposition ‘Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance’ (India Alliance). Both the parties were said to have resumed talks on seat sharing to jointly take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections to be held in April-May. Is.
However, Trinamool Congress leader in Rajya Sabha O’Brien said, ‘A few weeks ago… West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said that Trinamool is contesting elections on all 42 seats of Bengal. We are also considering contesting some seats in Assam and Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya. There is no change in this situation. Earlier in the day, sources had said that discussions are going on between Congress and TMC regarding seat sharing and it will be finalized soon. He had said that the ruling TMC in West Bengal has asked for two seats in Assam and one seat in Meghalaya, the discussion on which is going on.
Earlier, TMC sources had said that if Congress agrees to give one seat each in Assam and Meghalaya, then TMC can think of giving third seat to Congress in the state. TMC’s displeasure has come to the fore after the seat-sharing talks were finalized in Delhi and UP, while in Maharashtra a meeting for this is to be held on February 27. Sources said that AAP will contest elections on four seats in Delhi, while Congress will contest elections on three seats. Both alliance partners are likely to make the decision public soon.
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Tags: CM Mamata Banerjee, Congress, Loksabha Election 2024, Mamata banerjee, TMC, West bengal
FIRST PUBLISHED : February 24, 2024, 24:52 IST
