Amid Outreach To MK Stalin, KCR, Mamata Banerjee's Snub For Congress
NDTV
The Bengal Chief Minister pinged her Tamil Nadu and Telangana counterparts and discussed a meeting of opposition Chief Ministers to "protect" the country's federal structure. She made it clear today that the Congress is not invited.
Mamata Banerjee, after reaching out to regional heavyweights MK Stalin and K Chandrasekhara Rao, reserved a grand snub for the Congress as she said no regional party is on good terms with it and it can go its own way.
On Sunday, the Bengal Chief Minister pinged her Tamil Nadu and Telangana counterparts and discussed a meeting of opposition Chief Ministers to "protect" the country's federal structure. She made it clear today that the Congress is not invited.
"No regional party shares good terms with Congress. The Congress party will go its way, we will go our way," Mamata Banerjee told reporters.
She said she had asked the Congress and the Left to come together with other opposition parties against the BJP but they "did not listen". The Congress and the Left are bitter rivals of the Trinamool in Bengal, which has stymied attempts to collaborate at the national level.
