Congress, Trinamool Conduct Back-Channel Alliance Talks, Hit Impasse
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Top sources in both parties, also indicated that they have hit a roadblock and efforts are on to find a way forward.
The Trinamool Congress might have adopted a public stance that it would go it alone in the 2024 election. But sources said back-channel talks are on with the Congress for a united opposition to take on the BJP in next year's general election. Top sources in both parties, also indicated that they have hit a roadblock and efforts are on to find a way forward.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has been vehement in her castigation of the Congress after her party's defeat to the Congress in the by-election in Bengal's Sardighi and poor performance in the northeast in the latest round of assembly elections. She had even bracketed the Congress with the BJP, accusing the two parties of having an "unholy alliance".
In its recently concluded plenary session in Raipur, the Congress had declared that it was ready to work with like-minded parties, without seeking the leadership role in the alliance - which has been a key demand of Mamata Banerjee.
Sources indicated that the Congress is keen to have the Bengal Chief Minister on board in an all-opposition alliance ahead of the 2024 elections.
