New Delhi. Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien has said that there is ‘no change’ in the party’s stance of contesting all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, some seats in Assam and one seat in Meghalaya. This statement of O’Brien comes amid reports that Congress will soon finalize the seat agreement with Trinamool Congress.
The Congress and the 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.
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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.
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Tags: Mamta Banerjee, TMC
FIRST PUBLISHED: February 25, 2024, 02:24 IST