No meeting has been scheduled, and Mamata said at her Calcutta dharna where she is protesting against the Centre on various issues that the upcoming visit was 'not related to political matters'
The superintendents of police of Murshidabad and Birbhum started calling our leaders from Thursday night asking them to stop the Yatra, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury criticises Mamata Banerjee for changing statements and shifting stance, indicating her fear of BJP. Chowdhury expresses disappointment at Banerjee s attack on Congress and her allegations of Congress trying to get Muslim votes. Banerjee criticises Congress s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and accuses them of dividing minority votes. Banerjee states that Congress rejected the offer of alliance and now they can contest all 42 seats alone. Banerjee s remarks follow Rahul Gandhi s optimism of resolving the seat-sharing stalemate.
A day after Mamata accused the Marxists of using their influence on the Congress to spoil her “good understanding” with it, the CPM mocked her, underscoring its oft-repeated prediction that she would abandon the anti-BJP bloc before the general election