PTI :
The Left parties, including major partner CPI(M), on Saturday ruled out the possibility of joining hands with Trinamool Congress to counter BJP, a day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that no one was “untouchable” in politics, including the communists.
“There is no question of alliance with Trinamool or Mamata Banerjee. It is due to her policies and politics that BJP has made inroads in West Bengal. If we have to fight the communal BJP, we will fight it on our own,” CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta told PTI here. In an interview on Friday, the TMC chief, when asked whether she was willing to ally with the Left parties, had replied that talks could be held.
“She was the first to bring BJP into the State when she joined hands with them in 1998,” said CPI(M) politburo member Surjya Kanta Mishra, who is also the Leader of the Opposition.
Other Left partners such as Forward Bloc and RSP also rejected the idea of joining hands with the Trinamool.
“It has to be seen who is making such statements before taking any step. It is Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress whose terror tactics have rendered thousands of Left workers homeless.
