24 January,2024 04:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Aaditya Thackeray. File Pic
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday said that the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was "fighting like a tigress", and her fight was important for her state, reported the PTI.
In a setback to the Opposition's INDIA bloc, Mamata Banerjee earlier in the day announced that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) would go it alone in her state in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
"She is fighting like a tigress and her fight is very important in West Bengal," Aaditya Thackeray said when asked for reaction, but also added that he was unaware of Mamata Banerjee's decision, as per the PTI.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) too is a part of the Opposition's alliance.
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Meanwhile, the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) on Wednesday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement regarding the TMC's stand in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections could be part of a "strategy" and stressed the INDIA bloc stands united against the BJP, according to the PTI.
The TMC supremo has announced that her party has decided to go alone in West Bengal in the polls.
"Mamata Banerjee and her party are an important part of the INDIA alliance. They are with us and we will put up a strong fight against BJP. If Mamataji has made a statement, this could be part of a strategy. There are no issues in the INDIA alliance," Clyde Crasto, national spokesperson of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), told reporters, the news agency reported on Wednesday.
He said the role of regional parties is very important as they will strengthen the Opposition bloc.
Earlier in the day, Mamata Banerjee said, "I had given them (Congress) a proposal (on seat-sharing), but they refused it at the outset. Our party has now decided to go alone in West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party has decided to go alone in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Mamata Banerjee's comments came a day before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will enter West Bengal.
"I had given them (Congress) a proposal (on seat-sharing), but they refused it at the outset. Our party has now decided to go alone in Bengal," Mamata Banerjee said amid the seat-negotiation tussle between the Congress and the TMC, the PTI reported.
(with PTI inputs)
