Mamata Banerjee says ‘no relation with Congress’, TMC to fight ‘alone’ from Bengal in 2024 Lok Sabha Polls

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Mamata Banerjee said that TMC would fight ‘alone’ in West Bengal against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held between April to May this year. "I had no discussions with the Congress party. I have always said that in Bengal, we will fight alone.

I am not concerned about what will be done in the country but we are a secular party and in Bengal, we will alone will defeat BJP." TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said. The Bengal Chief Minister also claimed she had not been informed of Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra passing through Bengal, contrary to claims by the Congress that they had invited INDIA bloc parties to join the Yatra. "They did not even bother to inform me that they will be coming to West Bengal as a matter of courtesy even though I am a part of the INDIA bloc.

So there is no with relation with me as far as Bengal is concerned" Mamata Banerjee said. "We will decide on what to do at the all-India level. We are a secular party.

We will do whatever we can to defeat the BJP. The alliance does not comprise any one party. We have said that they should fight in some states and the regional parties should be left to fight alone in the other states.

They should not interfere" she added. The breakdown in Trinamool and the Congress came after state unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdury continued his attack on the Bengal Chief Minister. In a news conference on Tuesday Adhir Chowdhury claimed that in the 2011 elections, Mamata Banerjee came to power with the mercy of Congress.

"This time, the elections will not be fought at the mercy of Mamata Banerjee. The Congress defeated the BJP and TMC in the two seats that Mamata Banerjee is leaving. The Congress party knows how to contest the elections.