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BJP-Trinamool yet to finalise sharing of seats as LF launches campaign
Kolkata, Feb 17: The BJP and Mamata Banerjee`s Trinamool Congress (TC) have still not finalised their seat-sharing for the coming Lok Sabha elections, even as the ruling Left Front kicked off its campaign.
Kolkata, Feb 17: The BJP and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TC) have still not finalised their seat-sharing for the coming Lok Sabha elections, even as the ruling Left Front kicked off its campaign.
Both TC and BJP sources said that talks were on for the seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha poll, but the issue was yet to be clinched.
West Bengal BJP President Tathagata Roy said that the state election committee met here yesterday to discuss the issue and shortlisted some names, but the party could not arrive at any final decision.
To a question, Roy, dismissing speculation in the media, made it clear that he would not throw his hat in the election ring.
Admitting that his party wanted to exchange some seats with TC, Roy declined to name them, but said that his party would like to swap those constituencies which both parties had lost in the last election.
Sources in Trinamool Congress said that TC's candidate list was likely to be announced by the end of this month.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee has already kicked off the LF's poll campaign at a public rally of CPI(M)'s youth wing, DYFI, on February 15. Bureau Report
Both TC and BJP sources said that talks were on for the seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha poll, but the issue was yet to be clinched.
West Bengal BJP President Tathagata Roy said that the state election committee met here yesterday to discuss the issue and shortlisted some names, but the party could not arrive at any final decision.
To a question, Roy, dismissing speculation in the media, made it clear that he would not throw his hat in the election ring.
Admitting that his party wanted to exchange some seats with TC, Roy declined to name them, but said that his party would like to swap those constituencies which both parties had lost in the last election.
Sources in Trinamool Congress said that TC's candidate list was likely to be announced by the end of this month.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee has already kicked off the LF's poll campaign at a public rally of CPI(M)'s youth wing, DYFI, on February 15. Bureau Report