Congress Left Tie-up In Bengal

The INDIA alliance, in all likelihood, will manifest in Bengal as a tie-up between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, with the CPI(M) staying out amid its bitter rivalry with Mamata Banerjee's party.

In a predictable setback for the opposition bloc, the CPI-M has decided against alliances in Bengal and Kerala, where its main rivals are INDIA partners Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool and the Congress.

The Congress and the Left have joined hands in Bengal to challenge the Mamata Banerjee government, which is seeking a third straight term in next year's assembly elections. Senior state leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury announced the Central leadership's approval to the state unit's request this afternoon.

Newly appointed state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday said his party, together with the Left, will prove to be a "game-changer" in the 2021 Bengal Assembly elections, and warned the ruling TMC and the BJP that the contest won't be a cakewalk for them.

The Congress wants to join hands with the Left to take on the BJP and the Trinamool Congress in the forthcoming Bengal Assembly polls, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said Thursday at his first press conference since becoming chief of the party's state unit

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent a clear hint to the Congress for a possible tie-up. The Trinamool Congress chief today announced that her party would support Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

As the CPM endorsed a proposal ruling out any alliance or electoral understanding with the Congress, it rejected through a vote on Sunday the approach suggested by the party general secretary, for the first time in over four decades

Lashing out at the Left Front major CPI(M) for compromising party unity for the sake of Congress, Forward Bloc today said the Congress-Left Front alliance was a mistake and that there will be no such tie-up in near future.

Yet again targeting the Congress-Left Front seat understanding in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today reiterated that she would campaign in Kerala ahead of the polls there to tell people of the "immoral alliance".

Displeased over the Left Front's decision to forge an electoral understanding with the Congress for the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) today announced it was walking out of the coalition and will contest alone.

Throwing a spanner to the proposed alliance of the Left and Congress in West Bengal Assembly election, CPI national secretary Amarjeet Kaur today said there would be "no" such tie-up in the state.

With Congress and CPI(M) yet to formally announce a tie-up for the West Bengal Assembly poll, the final outcome of the discussions for an alliance is likely to be clear by next week.

Should the Left and the Congress come together and put up a united front against the Trinamool Congress in Bengal? That's the question the CPM's Central Committee -- party's highest executive body -- will discuss over the next two days in Delhi.

A day after Bengal Congress leaders met Rahul Gandhi to press for an alliance with the Left, senior CPM leader Prakash Karat told NDTV any decision on electoral alliance will be taken by the Central Committee -- the party's highest executive body -- when it meets in Delhi on February 17.

A Bihar-style tie-up with the Left to battle Mamata Banerjee in the Bengal assembly election was foremost on the minds of state Congress leaders who met Rahul Gandhi today.

The INDIA alliance, in all likelihood, will manifest in Bengal as a tie-up between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, with the CPI(M) staying out amid its bitter rivalry with Mamata Banerjee's party.

In a predictable setback for the opposition bloc, the CPI-M has decided against alliances in Bengal and Kerala, where its main rivals are INDIA partners Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool and the Congress.

The Congress and the Left have joined hands in Bengal to challenge the Mamata Banerjee government, which is seeking a third straight term in next year's assembly elections. Senior state leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury announced the Central leadership's approval to the state unit's request this afternoon.

Newly appointed state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday said his party, together with the Left, will prove to be a "game-changer" in the 2021 Bengal Assembly elections, and warned the ruling TMC and the BJP that the contest won't be a cakewalk for them.

The Congress wants to join hands with the Left to take on the BJP and the Trinamool Congress in the forthcoming Bengal Assembly polls, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said Thursday at his first press conference since becoming chief of the party's state unit

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent a clear hint to the Congress for a possible tie-up. The Trinamool Congress chief today announced that her party would support Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

As the CPM endorsed a proposal ruling out any alliance or electoral understanding with the Congress, it rejected through a vote on Sunday the approach suggested by the party general secretary, for the first time in over four decades

Lashing out at the Left Front major CPI(M) for compromising party unity for the sake of Congress, Forward Bloc today said the Congress-Left Front alliance was a mistake and that there will be no such tie-up in near future.

Yet again targeting the Congress-Left Front seat understanding in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today reiterated that she would campaign in Kerala ahead of the polls there to tell people of the "immoral alliance".

Displeased over the Left Front's decision to forge an electoral understanding with the Congress for the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) today announced it was walking out of the coalition and will contest alone.

Throwing a spanner to the proposed alliance of the Left and Congress in West Bengal Assembly election, CPI national secretary Amarjeet Kaur today said there would be "no" such tie-up in the state.

With Congress and CPI(M) yet to formally announce a tie-up for the West Bengal Assembly poll, the final outcome of the discussions for an alliance is likely to be clear by next week.

Should the Left and the Congress come together and put up a united front against the Trinamool Congress in Bengal? That's the question the CPM's Central Committee -- party's highest executive body -- will discuss over the next two days in Delhi.

A day after Bengal Congress leaders met Rahul Gandhi to press for an alliance with the Left, senior CPM leader Prakash Karat told NDTV any decision on electoral alliance will be taken by the Central Committee -- the party's highest executive body -- when it meets in Delhi on February 17.

A Bihar-style tie-up with the Left to battle Mamata Banerjee in the Bengal assembly election was foremost on the minds of state Congress leaders who met Rahul Gandhi today.