Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) were recently spotted saying that stay away from both the Congress thus indicating possible alliances with other regional parties in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However recent victory of Congress in Karnataka has brought a change in the mind of Bengal CM.
The Trinamool Congress chief stated in a press conference held at the state secretariat Nabanna that “Wherever regional parties are strong, the BJP cannot fight...... Atrocities are happening. The economy is ruined. Democratic rights are being bulldozed........... In this situation, Whoever is strong in some place, in their region, they should fight together.
She further said "Let's take Bengal. In Bengal, we (Trinamool) should fight. In Delhi, AAP should fight. In Bihar, they are together. Nitishji (Nitish Kumar), Tejashwi (Yadav) and Congress are together....... In Chennai, they (MK Stalin's DMK and the Congress) have a friendship and they can fight together".
She added "wherever Congress is strong in their 200 seats or something, what we have calculated, let them fight and we will support them. But they have to support other political parties also. I support you for Karnataka but you are fighting against me every day. That should not be the policy".
Mamata Banerjee answered on being asked if the Congress should drop its big-brotherly attitude towards regional parties. "There should be a level playing ground to save the country, save democracy and save the people of this country".