Mamata Banerjee's TMC to contest alone in Bengal in Lok Sabha polls, major jolt to Congress

In a major jolt to the Congress’ hopes in West Bengal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress has said that the party will contest all 42 seats in the state in the upcoming elections, which was also announced by party chief Mamata Banerjee, and “there is no change in this position”. The remarks come amid reports of the revival of talks between the two parties to unitedly take on the BJP in the general elections due in



April-May.

TMC leader Derek O'Brien on Friday (February 23) said that the party would contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, a few in Assam and one seat in Meghalaya.

O'Brien, TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP, said, “A few weeks ago...West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that TMC is fighting all the 42 seats in Bengal. We are also in the fray in a few seats in Assam and the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya. There is no change in this position”.