BJP, Left, Congress Deal Must Be Exposed, Says Mamata Banerjee
NDTV
Mamata Banerjee's comments come a day after an unusual tie-up between the BJP and the Left managed to defeat the Trinamool in an election to an agriculture cooperative body in Nandakumar of Purba Medinipur district.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the state's opposition of ideological dishonesty, saying that the BJP, the Left and the Congress - polar extremes from the right to the left on the political spectrum - come together for convenience to take on the ruling Trinamool Congress.
"The BJP has two associates here. The CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) and the Congress. During elections, Ram (BJP), Baam (Left) and Shyam (Congress) - all these three parties - become one. They whisper into each other's ears, and they have a give and take among themselves, apart from politics there are other deals too. This is how they function. This truth must be exposed," she said.
Mamata Banerjee's comments come a day after an unusual tie-up between the BJP and the Left managed to defeat the Trinamool in an election to an agriculture cooperative body in Nandakumar of Purba Medinipur district.
The deal reignited the debate of a Left-BJP understanding in an attempt to unseat the Trinamool Congress and help the opposition perform better in the upcoming Panchayat polls, which are usually seen as an indicator of the grip of the ruling party on the electorate.
