Bengal conundrum plaguing INDIA Bloc? Mamata vs Adhir vs CPI(M) cast aspersion ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury skirmish had been broiling for quite sometime, also considering both parties have been rivals since Mamata Banerjee won the first state Assembly Elections. Reportedly Mamata Banerjee was willing to offer no more than two seats to Congress from West Bengal, which was rejected by Adhir Chowdhury, the Congress leader from the state. With Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) as the sworn rival for the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, the INDIA bloc in West Bengal seems like a pipedream, possibly impossible to achieve.
Here is a breakdown The age-old rivalry between CPI(M) and TMC is an anecdote unfamiliar to none. Therefore it seemed evident that these parties would have the biggest trouble joining hands for West Bengal. Attesting to this belief, it was reported that CPI(M) refused to join Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in West Bengal, if TMC joins.
According to Indian Express, a senior AICC member had called Bengal CPI(M)’s state secretary Mohammad Salim from Delhi Sunday to invite him to join the Yatra when it enters the state. Salim told the Indian Express that CPI(M) would give its complete support to Rahul Gandhi’s Nyay Yatra. However, the communist party refused to join “any political force who helped BJP to grow their organisation in West Bengal".
"It is Trinamool Congress which paved the way for BJP in Bengal to expand its organisation." Salim told Indian Express. The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has often vowed to go ‘solo', but refused to share more than two seats with Congress in West Bengal. TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party has decided to go alone in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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