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Cong, Trinamool Fail to Reach Seat Sharing Arrangement for KMC Polls
May 1, 2010 Visionmp.com news service
The talks between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress on seat sharing for the forthcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections have failed, said media reports.
Congress and Trinamool will now be fighting each other in addition to the CPM in the elections scheduled for May 30.
Congress today released a list of 88 candidates for KMC elections after Trinamool turned down its demand for 51 seats, reports said.
Trinamool, an ally of UPA at the Centre, was willing to concede merely 25 seats to the Congress.
“We tried our best to keep the alliance but the TMC kept delayiing so we came out with our own list,” Congress leader Pradeep Bhattacharya was quoted as saying.
The Trinamool Congress will be contesting in 115 seats.
(Based on internet reports)
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Dr.Ujjal.k.pal on Sat, 1st May 2010 9:38 pm
Failure to have seat-sharing between Congress and Trinamool in KMC polls might not auger well for TMC which is supposed to be under the impression that it could repeat its performance in civic polls as it did in Lok Sabha poll.Political scenario has changed since Lok Sabha poll because of questionable activities of its leaders and caders as well.A section of voters are likely to have become disillusioned with the party.In the face of waning popularity successful alliancce might help TMC in a long way.