TMC – Not Bothered About Congress - CPI(M) Alliance

Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday said that it was "least bothered" about the reports of an alliance developing between Congress and CPI(M).

Subrata Bakshi, who acts as the general secretary of TMC, said: "We are least bothered about the alliance. We are bothered about the development work that has been done by us. Those, who are trying to forge an alliance, have been rejected by the masses." The reaction comes in after reports of Congress and CPI(M) working together for the upcoming Assembly Polls in West Bengal surfaced on Thursday.

Derek O’Brien, who serves as TMC's national spokesperson, took it to social media to announce that Trinamool Congress will win with a comfortable majority, even if it has to fight against the Cong-CPI(M) alliance. Although, recent polls opine that there is going to be a neck to neck fight between the alliance and TMC, O'Brien said: "This is a fictional story because on the ground Trinamool is way ahead. Even CPI(M) and Congress leaders admit it.” He further went on to say "I may remind it that even in Bihar, where Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar came together for the Assembly election, the vote transfer percentage between their parties was around 70 per cent. Can one expect the CPI(M) and Congress to outperform that number in West Bengal? Independent observers are convinced that to transfer even 20 per cent of the vote will be a monumental task. TMC will still win very comfortably."

Whether the alliance would be successful in overthrowing the ruling party or not is now to be seen.