Mamata Banerjee's bid for TD, Cong, Left truck to tackle BJP in Telugu states
Hyderabad: In her attempt to stitch up a non-BJP coalition, Trinamul president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is bringing pressure on the Congress and TD leaderships to forge a grand alliance and rope in the Left parties in the two Telugu states to defeat the BJP.
A senior Congress leader confirmed the efforts of Ms Banerjee in this regard.
Ms Banerjee is said to be in regular touch with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Telugu Desam president and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who has turned a bitter enemy of the BJP.
According to sources, Ms Banerjee recently told Mrs Gandhi during a discussion, “We have to set aside egos to unite the regional parties as far as possible to defeat the BJP. For this, the Congress should be liberal in sharing seats with regional parties”.