RJD, NCP set to form alliance with TMC for upcoming Bengal polls
Top leaders of Bihar's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Maharashtra's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have agreed to form alliance with West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress in the assembly polls due in the state in March-April.
<p style="text-align: justify;">RJD national general secretary Shyam Rajak met TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata and held talks regarding the alliance. </p>
RJD national general secretary Shyam Rajak met TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata and held talks regarding the alliance.
<p>Senior TMC leader Saugata Roy held talks with NCP founder and former Union minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi. Sharad Pawar also spoke to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee over phone.<br /> </p>
Senior TMC leader Saugata Roy held talks with NCP founder and former Union minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi. Sharad Pawar also spoke to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee over phone.
<p>After returning to Patna on Tuesday (February 2), Shyam Rajak said, “I met Abhishek Banerjee and we agreed on one agenda. The BJP has to be defeated in Bengal. That is our only goal.”</p>
After returning to Patna on Tuesday (February 2), Shyam Rajak said, “I met Abhishek Banerjee and we agreed on one agenda. The BJP has to be defeated in Bengal. That is our only goal.”
<p>After holding talks with Sharad Pawar, Saugata Roy said, “Pawar and I had a round of talks on Monday. He is in touch with Mamata Banerjee. The NCP’s Darjeeling district unit will hold a meeting on Wednesday.”<br /> </p>
After holding talks with Sharad Pawar, Saugata Roy said, “Pawar and I had a round of talks on Monday. He is in touch with Mamata Banerjee. The NCP’s Darjeeling district unit will hold a meeting on Wednesday.”
<p>“The Samajwadi Party (SP), an opposition force in Uttar Pradesh, too is eager to form an alliance with the TMC,” Roy said.</p>
“The Samajwadi Party (SP), an opposition force in Uttar Pradesh, too is eager to form an alliance with the TMC,” Roy said.
<p>Bengal BJP’s chief spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said, “The NCP and RJD are non-entities in Bengal. The actual fight is between TMC and BJP. Mamata Banerjee’s efforts are exposing the dichotomy in the TMC.”<br /> </p>
Bengal BJP’s chief spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said, “The NCP and RJD are non-entities in Bengal. The actual fight is between TMC and BJP. Mamata Banerjee’s efforts are exposing the dichotomy in the TMC.”
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