Tag: West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee

  • No direct negotiation with ISF, want to finish seat-sharing matter with Left soon: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

    By ANI
    KOLKATA: West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said there was no direct negotiation with Indian Secular Front (ISF) yet and they want to finish seat-sharing matter with Left at the soonest.

    “Talks with Left party on alliance is on. We want to finish the seat-sharing matter with the Left soonest. In 2016 we came into an alliance and this time also things are in the same continuation,” said Chowdhury.

    Asked about ISF’s alliance, he said, “No direct negotiation with ISF, meeting is continuing with Left. However one of our leaders spoke to them (ISF) but there has been no direct negotiation with our party.”

    ALSO READ | Bengal grand alliance on choppy waters? ISF cautions Congress over seat sharing

    Yesterday while addressing the public at Brigade ground, ISF chief and Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui indirectly hinted at Congress saying “you may ask why I spoke about Left only and not Congress, the door is open.”

    Meeting on seat sharing between Left and Congress is undergoing.

    State of West Bengal would see Assembly elections in eight phases starting from March 27 and concluding on April 29 for its 294 Assembly seats. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.

    Importantly Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into force immediately after the announcement of the election dates. The commission has made adequate arrangements to ensure effective implementation of MCC guidelines.  

  • Bengal Congress to hold meeting regarding seat-sharing, poll preparedness

    By ANI
    KOLKATA: The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) on Monday will hold a meeting with its district wings ahead of the talks with the Left parties regarding the seat-sharing in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.

    The meeting will be chaired by the president of WBPCC, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

    According to the sources, the meeting is being held to discuss the on-going preparations of the upcoming Assembly elections, including the seat-sharing with the Left parties.

    Congress and Left parties will soon decide on the seat-sharing through a couple of meetings scheduled next week.

    Earlier, the Congress party and the Left Front alliance held two rounds of meetings regarding the seat-sharing agreements for 193 of the total 294 seats in Assembly elections scheduled this year.

    In the 2016 Assembly polls, the Left parties and Congress came together and bagged 76 seats whereas Trinamool Congress then bagged 211 seats.

    The state of West Bengal is gearing up for the upcoming Assembly elections for 294 seats this year. (ANI)