India
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Kolkata, Jan 04: The CPI(M)’s prime objective is to defeat BJP in the upcoming West Bengal polls but in the pursuit of this it doesn’t want to take along the TMC because of strong anti-incumbency sentiment prevailing against Mamata Banerjee government which would drive people away from us, its General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Monday.
Besides, the people are well aware of the TMC’s track record in the last 20 years when it had alliance with the saffron party and its leaders served as ministers in the BJP- led NDA coalition, Yechury said.
Yechury, who was addressing media after attending the party state committee meeting here, said the Marxists will have poll understanding with the Congress and traditonal allies like the other Left parties and non-Left allies like NCP and RJD in Bengal elections.
‘The anti-incumbency sentiment against the TMC government runs…
