Left snubs Mamata on national level coalition
According to reports, Sitaram Yechury of the CPM has said the Left can have no alliance with Mamata.
"If communal forces came to the state, what is the reason? TMC gave it the opportunity to come... TMC which has brought the danger is now talking of fighting against it," media quoted Yechury as saying.
CPM Politburo member Yechury's statement came in response to Banerjee's comment a day ago, where she said that she is willing to join such a national platform if the Congress takes the initiative to form the group.
On Tuesday, Banerjee told NDTV, "I am ready to be part of a national platform which includes the Left to fight communalism. This is not the same as an alliance in West Bengal, we will fight alone there."
"I feel Congress should take the lead. If you don't take the lead, sometimes, other forces fill that space," she added.
Both Mamata and the Left attended a conference organised by the Congress to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
The event was organised by the Congress, and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was not invited.
Banerjee was a part of the Congress-led coalition UPA government at the Centre till 2012.
She exited the coalition over economic reforms which according to her was "anti-people."
Prior to that, She had also been part of a BJP-led NDA government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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