West Bengal

Congress-Trinamool pact in Bengal, finally

Submitted by Hardnews on March 9, 2009 - 19:40

Both parties have reached a broad consensus to fight together against the CPM

Akash Bisht Hardnews/Delhi

After several rounds of negotiations, the Congress finally accepted the Trinamool Congress' seat-sharing formula on Thursday and thereby proved to its partymen that it was serious about taking on the communists. The Congress gets to contest 14 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, while the Trinamool gets the remaining 28.

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