Nandigram: Congress, Trinamool part ways

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Posted online: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 01:41:51
Updated: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 01:41:51

kolkata, April 22 After fighting together for over a year in Nandigram, the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee seems to be a divided house, with the Congress and the Trinamool Congress failing to make a grand alliance for the panchayat elections.

Last-ditch efforts by the Congress for an alliance failed on Tuesday with the Trinamool rejecting its request. The two parties have pitted candidates against each other at a number of seats.

Till last reports came in, the TMC had fielded candidates in 105 out of 117 gram panchayat seats, 25 of the 27 panchayat samity seats and two zila parishad seats.

“There is no question of sharing seats with the Congress. We are abiding by our supremo’s (Mamata Banerjee) diktat. If that means BUPC is divided and the Congress leaves it, so be it,” said Suvendu Adhikary, a TMC leader.

“The overconfidence of TMC has led to this. We had been fighting together against the CPM since January 2007. We were also willing to leave a number of seats to make it a one-to-one contest against the CPM. But they did not agree. We are no more a part of the BUPC,” said Milon Pradhan, a local Congress leader.

Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind leader Abdus Samad, too, was not happy. “We have fielded no candidate this time as planned earlier. We will talk about the BUPC after the polls are over,” said Samad.

The Congress, on the other hand, pitted candidates in 23 gram panchayat seats, 13 panchayat samity seats and two zila parishad seats.

The TMC is sharing seats only with the SUCI, which will contest election from the Nandigram I block.

“To keep the alliance alive, we have finally decided to fight in only one panchayat seat. We withdrew eight candidates today to throw a strong challenge to the CPM,” said Nanda Patra, SUCI leader from Nandigram.

Direct contest in Chandipur
In neighbouring Chandipur, considered a CPM stronghold, the situation was different on Tuesday. The Congress and the BJP withdrew nominations in various seats, making it a direct contest with the CPM. S N Chowdhury, secretary of the State Election Commission, said: “Till last reports came in, there will be a direct fight in Chandipur.”

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