Come together to save Bengal, Mamata Banerjee appeals to Left, Congress

For the first time since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rattled the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in its own backyard in the general elections, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to the Left parties and the Congress to “come together” in the fight against the BJP and save Bengal.

“Congress and CPI(M) [Communist Party of India (Marxist)] won’t break the nation. But I fear they (BJP) may change the Constitution. We should all come together to save Bengal,” Banerjee said in the Assembly in her first such statement since the Lok Sabha polls.

“I feel all of us — TMC, Congress and CPI (M) — should come together in the fight against the BJP. It doesn’t mean we have to join hands politically, but on common issues at the national level, we can come together,” she added.