To achieve her goal, Mamata adopted another strategy, to sideline those who have been associated with her since the Singur-Nandigram days and remove them from the election process. She has simply ignored those who shared her dias during the Singur agitation or fought in Nandigram. But, it was simply impossible for her to ignore the Congress, although the Congress was not with her through the aforementioned struggles.
It is fact that Mamata’s struggle has been always aimed at the Congress. She has always tried to weaken the Congress ever since her departure from the grand old party. As the Congress became weak, she tried to negate its demands.
The Trinamool and the Congress had no tie up for the last municipal polls in 2005. The Left Front grabbed 54 municipalities, including Kolkata and Salt Lake, securing 61 per cent of the votes. The Congress got 22 per cent and bagged 13 municipalities, while TMC got 18 per cent and got 14 municipalities under its control. And in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the same Left front got only 43 per cent votes while the combined opposition of TMC-INC-SUCI secured 53.6 per cent of the votes. The storm had broken into a tornado for the Left Front. Mamata strongly believes that the tornado has not weakened and the civic polls will prove that.
It is fact that Mamata’s struggle has been always aimed at the Congress. She has always tried to weaken the Congress ever since her departure from the grand old party. As the Congress became weak, she tried to negate its demands.
The Trinamool and the Congress had no tie up for the last municipal polls in 2005. The Left Front grabbed 54 municipalities, including Kolkata and Salt Lake, securing 61 per cent of the votes. The Congress got 22 per cent and bagged 13 municipalities, while TMC got 18 per cent and got 14 municipalities under its control. And in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the same Left front got only 43 per cent votes while the combined opposition of TMC-INC-SUCI secured 53.6 per cent of the votes. The storm had broken into a tornado for the Left Front. Mamata strongly believes that the tornado has not weakened and the civic polls will prove that.
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