Left, Cong seal deal, but won't campaign together
PTI | Mar 8, 2016, 05.28 AM IST Kolkata: Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Monday said they have reached an "understanding" with Congress to fight jointly against the ruling Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal polls beginning next month and released the first list of candidates.
Announcing the names of 116 candidates out of a total 294 seats, Bose said "we have welcomed an understanding with Congress to remove Trinamool from the state. Front, alliance and understanding are not the same thing". He said the Left will not campaign together with Congress.
Asked whether they would go for an alliance or seat adjustment with Congress, Bose refused to give a direct reply, saying that things will become evident later.
"If there is any violence in the campaign stage, there will be flagless movement by all like-minded parties fighting against Trinamool," he said. On their chief ministerial candidate, Bose said at present they have none.
Among the prominent names in the candidate list released on Monday were CPM state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra who will contest from his Narayangarh seat in West Midnapore district. The CPM state secretary usually does not contest elec- tions, but an exception has been made for Mishra.
There are 68 new faces in the Left Front's first list with 16 women candidates.
Announcing the names of 116 candidates out of a total 294 seats, Bose said "we have welcomed an understanding with Congress to remove Trinamool from the state. Front, alliance and understanding are not the same thing". He said the Left will not campaign together with Congress.
Asked whether they would go for an alliance or seat adjustment with Congress, Bose refused to give a direct reply, saying that things will become evident later.
"If there is any violence in the campaign stage, there will be flagless movement by all like-minded parties fighting against Trinamool," he said. On their chief ministerial candidate, Bose said at present they have none.
Among the prominent names in the candidate list released on Monday were CPM state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra who will contest from his Narayangarh seat in West Midnapore district. The CPM state secretary usually does not contest elec- tions, but an exception has been made for Mishra.
There are 68 new faces in the Left Front's first list with 16 women candidates.
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