The column, written by Nirmalya Mukhopadhyay and published in the December 13 weekly issue, also talks about Banerjee maintaining distance from president Sonia Gandhi and her party
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Thursday, Congress leader P Chidambaram said, “If you wish to defeat the BJP either in a state election or in a national election, non-BJP parties must come together.”
A piece in TMC mouthpiece Jago Bangla read that the Congress was tired and riddled with factionalism. Hence, the TMC has now taken up the spot of the principal Opposition against BJP.
In an escalation of war of words between Trinamool and Congress, Mamata Banerjee's party on Wednesday claimed it is now the "real Congress" given the fact that the "war weary" grand old party has failed to perform its role as the main opposition.
The killings, described by local authorities as a “botched-up” operation, has drawn widespread outrage in Nagaland, a violence-marred region that has witnessed decades of armed rebellion against the Indian rule.