"Like-Minded But Not Ally": Trinamool Objects To Congress Pick For Veep
NDTV
Trinamool Congress skipped the Opposition meeting to choose their vice-presidential election candidate and alleged they were informed 20 minutes before the announcement.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Friday demanded the Congress should view the Mamata Banerjee-led party as "equal partners" as he objected to the way the joint Opposition candidate for the vice presidential poll was chosen.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which skipped the Opposition meeting to choose their vice-presidential election candidate, has alleged that they were informed of the choice barely 20 minutes before the press conference to announce the name was to be held.
Mr O'Brien, the leader of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party said the TMC had announced on July 16 that it will take a decision on the vice-president candidate in its meeting on July 21.
The meeting of the Opposition parties to choose their joint candidate for the vice-presidential polls was convened by the Congress. It was during the meeting that attempts were made to contact Ms Banerjee and other TMC MPs, including Mr O'Brien, Opposition leaders said.
