The Trinamool Congress on January 27 asserted that its leader, Mamata Banerjee, has never indicated a departure from the Opposition INDIA bloc at the national level, despite recent announcements of the party’s decision to contest the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal alone.
On the ongoing speculation surrounding Trinamool’s stance within the Opposition front, spokesperson Kunal Ghosh emphasised that Ms. Banerjee only advocated the party’s solo participation in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal owing to “unreasonable demands” from the Congress.
“Mamata Banerjee has never said that we are not part of the Opposition bloc in India. The name ‘INDIA’ for the Opposition front was coined by our party supremo herself. We have only stated our intention to contest alone in Bengal due to unjustified demands from the Congress and utterances of its State president Adhir Chowdhury,” Mr. Ghosh said.
