NEW DELHI: A day after Trinamool Congress chief and Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she would provide "outside support" to the INDIA bloc if it wins Lok Sabha elections, Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he does not trust her and that she can even go with BJP if it wins. Chowdhary also accused Mamata of "breaking up the alliance".
"I don't trust her (Mamata). She left the alliance and ran away. She can also go towards the BJP if the results are favourable to them ... Everyone saw that she was the one who broke the alliance [in Bengal]," he told news agency ANI.
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her party would provide "outside support" to the INDIA bloc to form government at the Centre. "We (TMC) will support the INDIA bloc from outside to form a government at the Centre. We will extend our support so that in (West) Bengal, our mothers and sisters never face a problem... and those who work in the 100 days' job scheme, also do not face problems," the TMC chief said during a rally in Bengal's Hooghly district. In the same address, she also clarified that her party her party will not support the Congress and CPI(M) in the state.
The chief minister also claimed that both the parties have joined hands and helping the BJP in the Bengal. "Do not count on the CPI(M) and the Congress in Bengal. They are not with us, they are with the BJP here. I am talking about that (INDIA bloc) in Delhi," she clarified.
Despite being part of INDIA alliance, Mamata Banerjee's TMC decided to go solo in Bengal for Lok Sabha elections. The decision was taken after the parties failed to come up with a seat-sharing plan in the state even after rounds of meetings.
Seven of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies OF West Bengal will vote in the fifth phase on May 20.
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