Mamata invites Congress to join Bengal govt
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee invited congress to join Bengal government a day after she dealt a crushing defeat to the Left Front in West Bengal.
Trinamool's ally, the Congress, sent its emissary Pranab Mukherjee along with Shakeel Ahmed to discuss Mamata's offer to join the state government.
"We want the honourable Prime Minister and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to be present on the day of our swearing-in,” said Mamata.
“I will accompany Pranab Da to Delhi and invite them, and will decide on the date of swearing-in accordingly. We have also offered the Congress to join the state government in Bengal," she added after her meeting with Pranab Mukherjee.
Though there is no clear answer to Mamata's offer yet, both leaders said that they had a productive meeting.
Earlier Pranab Mukherjee, Indian finance minister, said the Centre would give all assistance and cooperation to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
"The Centre will provide all assistance and cooperation to Mamata Banerjee so that the massive mandate received by her in the assembly election is translated into reality," Mukherjee, who arrived here to hold talks with the Trinamool Congress chief, told reporters.
He said he is here to hold talks with PCC President Manas Bhunia and other Congress leaders. "I will also talk to Mamata Banerjee who is the architect of this victory.
The Trinamool Congress Legislature Party will meet on Sunday to elect its leader.
Meanwhile, a day after the DMK led alliance in Tamil Nadu were decimated in the Assembly polls, DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi and congress president K V Thangkabalu announced their resignation, accepting moral responsibility for the defeat.
Addressing reporters here, Thangkabalu said he will send his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi soon and will abide by the party high command's decision on the matter.
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