TMC to contest Lok Sabha polls without any alliance: Mamata Banerjee's big jolt to I.N.D.I.A bloc
India TV NewsIn a major setback to the Opposition bloc, West Bengal Chief Minister and the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Mamata's statement on Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra The Bengal Chief Minister also claimed she had not been informed of Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra passing through Bengal, contrary to claims by the Congress that they had invited I.N.D.I.A bloc parties to join the Yatra. Potential reason for Mamata's move It is learnt that the breakdown in Trinamool and the Congress came after state unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury continued his attack on the Bengal Chief Minister. Jairam Ramesh's reaction on Mamata's announcement After Banerjee's announcement, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said that TMC is an important pillar of the I.N.D.I.A bloc and the alliance cannot be imagined without Mamata Banerjee.