Congress cannot spoil Trinamool’s chances in West Bengal polls, says Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked Trinamool Congress MLAs not to get worried by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, The Indian Express reported. She said that the Congress was not strong enough in the state to hurt the Trinamool’s chances.

Banerjee rejected the possibility of allying with the Congress for the state polls and claimed that the Trinamool would win the elections with a two-thirds majority.

West Bengal is expected to head for polls in the first half of 2026.

“The Congress did not help the AAP in Delhi,” the newspaper quoted Banerjee as saying at Trinamool Congress’ legislative party meeting. “The Congress should have been more flexible during seat adjustment [with AAP] in Delhi. Similarly, in Haryana, AAP was rigid against making an alliance with Congress.”

Banerjee said that as a consequence, the BJP won in Haryana and Delhi, The Indian Express quoted an unidentified party leader as saying.

The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress contested the Delhi polls separately even though they are members of the Opposition INDIA bloc at the national level. In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Aam Aadmi Party-Congress alliance lost all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi to the BJP.

The Congress “is not a factor” in West Bengal, Banerjee was quoted as saying.

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