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Should have aligned with Trinamool in Bengal elections, says Congress Veerappa Moily
The former Union Minister also sought action against West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for the poll debacle in the state.
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BENGALURU: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said his party should have struck an alliance with Mamata Banerjee s TMC in the recent West Bengal elections, even as he expressed anguish over ad- hocism in the grand old outfit.
The former Union Minister also sought action against West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for the poll debacle in the state, describing him as a weak leader with no grass-root touch .
A notice inviting people to attend the lecture to be held at 4 pm on May 18 via Zoom platform was posted on the central university s website earlier in the day.
Bengal polls: Despite wooing by both BJP and Trinamool, Matuas choose to split votes
Besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders held a series of public meetings in Matua areas.
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Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP State President Dilip Ghosh seen eating lunch with a Matua family at their residence at Gouanganagar in Kolkata. (File Photo | PTI) By PTI
KOLKATA: The Bharatiya Janata Party in its electoral mathematics for Bengal had counted on the 3 million strong Vaishnavite Matua community spread over the districts of Nadia, South and North 24 Parganas as a major vote bank, with the Prime Minister taking time not only to pay repeated visits to Matua dominated constituencies but even to a Matua shrine in neighbouring Bangladesh.