According to sources, the CPM and other Left Front allies have agreed to give more seats to the Bloc in the three districts of Birbhum, Purulia and Cooch Behar where it is stronger and has a wide support base.

“We are considering their demand of an increase in seat share in some districts. One must pay heed to the specific needs of each party in our Front,” said a senior CPM leader. It has been Bloc’s long-standing grouse that it gets fewer seats than it deserves in the districts where it has a strong following. This was one of the causes that had made the party to go alone in the panchayat elections. However, it changed the decision recently.