Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee appealed to Bihar voters two days back to re-elect Nitish Kumar.
Kolkata:
Trinamool Congress today reaffirmed its support for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the Assembly polls and said the communal forces needed to be "defeated".
"Our main focus is on Bihar poll presently. We want Nitish Kumar to win. We feel that the communal forces in the country need to be defeated. We have always stood by the minorities," Trinamool Congress leader and state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim told reporters.
Mr Hakim's comment followed party chief Mamata Banerjee's appeal to Bihar voters two days back to re-elect Mr Nitish Kumar.
Asked why Trinamool Congress is not directly attacking the BJP on the issue of communalism like other parties, Hakim said, "Why would we attack BJP, when they are completely irrelevant in Bengal? Why would we do it? We have condemned the incident of Dadri long back".
"Our main focus is on Bihar poll presently. We want Nitish Kumar to win. We feel that the communal forces in the country need to be defeated. We have always stood by the minorities," Trinamool Congress leader and state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim told reporters.
Mr Hakim's comment followed party chief Mamata Banerjee's appeal to Bihar voters two days back to re-elect Mr Nitish Kumar.
Asked why Trinamool Congress is not directly attacking the BJP on the issue of communalism like other parties, Hakim said, "Why would we attack BJP, when they are completely irrelevant in Bengal? Why would we do it? We have condemned the incident of Dadri long back".
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