West Bengal Congress chief Subhankar Sarkar said, “All anti-BJP forces, under any flag, from any section should fight together in the civic polls.”
Senior TMC figures pushed back, emphasising that Mamata commands the bulk of the state’s opposition base, pointing to the 2.6 crore votes her party secured in the recent state assembly elections.
“All anti-BJP forces, under any flag, from any section of society should fight together in the civic polls,” Sarkar told a news channel, calling on parties to set aside egos. Kunal Ghosh, TMC’s North Kolkata district president and state lawmaker, who has in the past batted for a broad opposition alliance, said, “Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Jyoti Basu had come together to fight against Rajeev Gandhi. “Right now, civil rights and citizenship issues are under attack, and the opposition must stand together,” Ghosh said. “An unprincipled alliance will not sustain,” he said.
CPM ’s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharjee, who too has previously called for a broad coalition, cautioned that any coalition must be grounded in common ideology. Kolkata: Bengal Congress chief Subhankar Sarkar on Wednesday urged opposition parties to put aside personal differences and form a unified front against the governing BJP in upcoming civic elections.