Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:55am on 04 Dec 2023,Monday Politics
As Congress lost 3 heartland polls, West Bengal CM and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee pinned the defeats on the lack of the INDIA bloc seat-sharing strategy. She asserted, "Congress has won Telangana. They would have won MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan. Some votes were cut by INDIA parties. This is the truth." Emphasizing pre-poll unity, Mamata argued "Along with ideology, you need to have a strategy. If there is a seat-sharing arrangement, BJP won't come to power in 2024." As Banerjee stressed that it is a "defeat of the Congress, not the people", Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, too, suggested that regional parties must lead the fight against BJP in areas they hold sway in. Though the remarks signal rumblings inside the INDIA bloc, Mamata stressed the alliance "will rectify mistakes" ahead of 2024.
