Relation between Trinamool Congress and Congress, partners in ruling alliance in West Bengal, reached a new low with senior TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee on Monday asking Congress to ‘leave the alliance’ if it so wished, hours after two Congress MPs asked AICC to break the ties.
"Let Congress leave the alliance in West Bengal. No matter if anyone stays in the alliance or not. I request Congress to take a decision quickly," Mukherjee told reporters here when asked to comment on two Congress MPs asking AICC to break the alliance.
Mukherjee's comments came hours after two Congress MPs urged the Congress high command to break the alliance with Mamata Banerjee's party and allow Congress to go it alone in West Bengal.
Emerging from a meeting with UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee here during the day, Congress MPs Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Deepa Dasmunshi, both known detractors of Mamata, accused TMC of ‘spreading canards’ against Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee and demanded immediate severance of all ties with the party.
"We have been observing with concern that the day Pranabda's name was announced as a presidential candidate, a systematic campaign was launched to malign Soniaji and Pranabda," Deepa Dasmunshi, MP from Raigunj, told reporters.
Chowdhury (MP from Berhampore) alleged TMC wanted to ‘take Congress for granted’ adding, ‘Congress is not the flag-bearer of any political party’.