Even as Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee jerked away the Congress' hand in Bengal the Left Front acted quickly to hold it while their topmost of leaders from the State joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in various phases and cities including on Thursday when Bengal State CPI(M) secretary and politburo member Md Salim, central committee member Sujan Chakrabarty and State committee member Shatarup Ghosh took part in the Yatra.
The three leaders, particularly Ghosh one of the Left youth icons in the State had extensive discussion with Gandhi while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued to throw barbs at the Left for hijacking the Congress.
While Gandhi mingled with the muhalla people at Raghunathganj a few miles away from former President Pranab Mukherjee's house in Murshidabad district trying to understand the bidi workers' issues Banerjee chose the Marxists as her target saying, "though we had a good chemistry with the Congress it was the CPI(M) which destroyed it," insisting once again, "we will fight alone in Bengal."
She said, "after the elections the regional parties will sit together and decide about the leadership but before that we will fight alone because only the TMC can defeat the BJP.”