Trinamool-Congress used money power: LFMay 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's ruling Left Front Saturday alleged that the Trinamool Congress-led alliance bagged majority of the Lok Sabha seats from the state by distributing money among voters. "I am hearing from everyone that money bags have worked," LF chairman and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Biman Bose told newspersons here.
Willing to be on board UPA government: Trinamool CongressMay 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - After the electoral drubbing to the ruling Left front in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress Sunday reiterated that it wants early assembly elections held in the state. It also said it was confident that the Congress would have the party 'on board' in the new United Progressive Alliance government.
PM's sister calls on Mamata, says she should be ministerMay 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - A day after her alliance's spectacular showing in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had an unexpected visitor Sunday - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's sister Preetam Kaur. Preetam Kaur and her husband called on Banerjee at her spartan Kalighat residence in south Kolkata and congratulated her on the victory of the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance over the ruling Left Front in West Bengal.
Trinamool Congress supporters celebrate party's good showingMay 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - Jubilant Trinamool Congress supporters waved the victory sign and celebrated in the West Bengal capital Saturday after the party along with its ally the Congress established a clear lead in the Left-ruled state as voting trends indicated. The Trinamool was leading in 13 constituencies while alliance partner Congress was ahead in five out of the 32 seats for which trends were available.
Congress pacifies Trinamool angry over Rahul's Left remarkMay 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI/KOLKATA - A worried Congress party promised Wednesday not to do anything that hurts the Trinamool Congress after the latter threatened a divorce if the Congress tied up with the Left after the Lok Sabha elections. Reacting angrily to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's comments a day earlier that his party would not be opposed to shaking hands again with the Communists, the Trinamool, the main opposition party in Left-ruled West Bengal, warned of a walkout.
Trinamool-Congress tie-up in troubled watersMay 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI/KOLKATA - The Trinamool Congress will never be part of an alliance that ties up with the Left, the party said categorically as the Congress Wednesday tried to ease tensions with its partner in West Bengal by declaring that there was no 'alliance anywhere with the Left'. The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress was clearly miffed with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's overtures to the Left Tuesday and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's comment that the tie-up with Trinamool was not based on a pre-condition that his party could not take support from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
Congress will not upset Mamata: MoilyMay 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress spokesperson Veerappa Moily Wednesday said his party will not form any alliance that will upset its poll partner Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. 'We won't do anything which will upset the Trinamool,' Moily told reporters here.
Congress, Trinamool exhort workers to keep aside differencesMarch 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - After days of rumblings among the grassroot workers of the Congress and Trinamool Congress about the alliance between the two parties, leaders of both outfits Tuesday called for a united effort to defeat the state's Communist-led Left Front in the Lok Sabha polls. 'I know there is discontent among Congress workers who feel our party has got fewer number of seats than it deserves.
Prayers for success of Congress-Trinamool in West BengalMarch 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Activists of Trinamool Congress and Congress party organised a yagna here for the success of the alliance of these two parties in the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. This was consequent to the finalisation of the tie-up and sharing of seats between the two parties in West Bengal.
SUCI with Trinamool, but will oppose CongressMarch 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has joined hands with the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal but that will not deter it from fielding candidates against the latter's new ally, the Congress, in the Lok Sabha elections. 'We've decided to support the Trinamool but will field candidates against the Congress in nine Lok Sabha seats,' SUCI state secretary Probhas Ghosh told reporters here Friday.
Congress-Trinamool pact is unholy nexus, says Left FrontMarch 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's ruling Left Front Thursday termed the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance for the Lok Sabha elections as an unholy nexus and asked them to clarify the basis of their understanding. 'People of West Bengal don't know on what basis the Congress and Trinamool joined hands in the Lok Sabha elections,' Left Front chair Biman Bose said.
Congress, Trinamool form alliance for Lok Sabha electionsMarch 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - The West Bengal based Trinamool Congress and the Congress party Sunday night announced that they have formed an alliance to jointly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the communist ruled state. The decision to form the alliance was reached after a 70-minute meeting between West Bengal Congress president Pranab Mukherjee and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee.
'Trinamool has to distance itself from BJP to ally with Congress'February 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - Senior leaders in the West Bengal unit of the Congress party Saturday explored the possibility of an electoral alliance with the state's principal opposition Trinamool Congress during the Lok Sabha polls, then said this could happen only if it distanced itself from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 'other non-secular parties'. The 17 member Congress state coordination committee, headed by Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, met and discussed a four-point agenda at the meeting, party sources said.
SUCI warns Trinamool against cosying up to CongressFebruary 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) here Thursday warned its alliance partner Trinamool Congress against linking up with the Congress for the coming Lok Sabha polls. The SUCI warned the Trinamool Congress not to step into the trap laid by the Congress by withdrawing its candidate for the coming state assembly by-poll in the West Bishnupur constituency.
Ally opposes Trinamool's tie-up with Congress for pollJanuary 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) Tuesday declared that it would withdraw support from West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress if the party tied up with the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha poll. 'We'll withdraw our support from Trinamool Congress if they form any political alliance with the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha election,' SUCI state secretary Prabhas Ghosh told a press conference here.
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