Berhampore: In a dramatic twist, the Congress has actually suggested that it would check out providing support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to deal with the BJP but just if she withdrew all 22 Trinamul Congress prospects in Murshidabad as a favour .
The Congress is fighting the West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with the Left Front and the Indian Nonreligious Front of Furfura cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui.WB Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, MP from Berhampore, who has actually been a crucial face in forming the alliance, Sanjukta Morcha, made the conditional offer on Sunday to the TMC chief in wake of her open letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and many others for support.
His calculated relocation, however, has raised eyebrows of the Left and ISF which see the Trinamul and the BJP as common opponents in the poll battle.
At Berhampore, Chowdhury stated, Ms Banerjee has been frightened of her defeat in Nandigram.
That is why she composed to Ms Gandhi to get the assistance of Congress to fight the communal BJP here.
I request the CM: You first withdraw all the 22 TMC candidates in this district in favour of Congress.
Then we will think of supporting you.
He included, Ms Banerjee, who has realised of her failure to fight the BJP alone, back-stabbed our celebration previously by poaching much of our MLAs and taking control of municipalities and Panchayat bodies, which were won by us, with the assistance of her previous protege Shuvendu Adhikari.