On Sunday, the West Bengal Congress ended all possibilities of an alliance with the Left Front in West Bengal and announced that it will contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state on its own.
This development comes two days after the Left Front announced its candidates in 25 seats out of 42 parliamentary seats in West Bengal.
West Bengal Congress president Somen Nath Mitra said, “Left Front announced its candidates in 25 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal on March 15 without any discussion with West Bengal Congress. Due to the unyielding behaviour of CPI (M) and its ally parties in the Left Front, we are calling off the proposed seat sharing in the state and have decided to fight BJP and Trinamool Congress in Bengal with our own force.”
On Friday, the CPI (M)-led Left Front in West Bengal released a list of 25 candidates in the state for the Lok Sabha Elections.
The 25 Lok Sabha seats include Raiganj and Murshidabad, which are currently held by CPI(M).
Previously, the party had declared its candidates for these constituencies. Out of 25 seats, CPI (M) has fielded its candidates on 15 seats for the contest.
Last month, Mitra ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the Trinamool Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections citing that nobody from the party, including its workers, wants an alliance with TMC.
Currently, there are four Congress Lok Sabha Members of Parliament(MP) in West Bengal.