On Wednesday, West Bengal Congress president Somendra Nath Mitra visited Delhi after party chief Rahul Gandhi called him, as sources said, to meet on issues surrounding their seat-sharing agreement with the CPI(M).
While speaking to News18.com, Mitra said that in Bengal, both the Congress and CPI(M) want to contest together in some Lok Sabha seats.
He is the one who recently firmed their alliance and according to him, CPI(M) and Congress, have been at loggerheads over the seats from Raiganj and Murshidabad.
The Murshidabad constituency has been represented by Abdul Mannan Hossain of Congress, from 2004 till 2014.
While Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi and his wife Deepa Dasmunsi remained the winning candidate for the Raiganj seat from 1999 to 2014.
Presently, both Raiganj and Murshidabad seats are represented by Mohammad Salim and Badaruddoza Khan respectively, of CPI (M).
He said,”We are waiting for his (Rahul Gandhi’s) final decision. Whatever his decision will be, we will follow it (in order) to keep the BJP away from Bengal.”
The meeting is scheduled to take place today afternoon, come a day after Mitra wrote to Rahul Gandhi informing him about the conflict over the two seats.
In the letter, Mitra also highlighted tactics and strategies necessary to be implemented and to prevent BJP and TMC in coming to power in upcoming elections.
“I have mentioned everything to Rahul ji. Now it is for him and the AICC to decide,” Mitra said.