Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan said the Kerala unit of the party had urged the All India Congress Committee (AICC) leadership not to participate in the ceremony.
Kerala Congress leaders are learnt to have informed the high command that the decision to attend the consecration ceremony may have an adverse impact on the party’s electoral prospects in the state.
Salim’s statement comes two days after Mamata told reporters in New Delhi that three-way alliance among Trinamul, the Left Front and the Congress was 'possible' in Bengal