Sources say the BJP may field former foreign secretary Harshvardhan Shringla as its Darjeeling candidate in Lok Sabha elections, much to the disappointment of a section of party leaders. The TMC-Gorkha Prajatantrik Party alliance, on the other hand, is tipped to be considering former Darjeeling ADM Gopal Lama
After four rounds of meetings over “tea and coffee” at different cities in the last six months, the real challenge of seat sharing allocation for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls among the major stakeholders of the INDIA bloc led by the Congress has begun.
Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Janata
As Bengal Pradesh Congress leaders seek 6-8 seats from the Trinamool Congress in potential pre-poll alliance talks, the prospects of such collaboration are becoming increasingly uncertain.
In the 2019 general elections, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) secured victory in 22 out of 42 seats, while the
Even as the Trinamool Congress swept the recently concluded panchayat polls in West Bengal with the BJP taking a distant second seat, the Congress is hopeful that with the increase in its vote share it will easily manage to win four to five Lok .