15 May,2011 09:08 AM IST | | A Correspondent
On Saturday West Bengal Congress chief Manas Bhuniya said the Congress would cooperate with the Trinamool Congress, and the decision of joining the next government in the state would be taken after consulting higher leadership.
Addressing the media in Kolkata, he said, "We will extend total cooperation to Mamata Banerjee. Today (Union Finance Minister) Pranab Mukherjee is coming along with (Congress state in charge) Shakeel Ahmed. We will consult with them along with those who have won the polls.'
Bhuniya also accused the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the major constituent of the outgoing Left Front government of resorting to electoral malpractices to gain advantage. "Congress has done very well. We have a big contribution in defeating the Left.
We could have got six to seven seats more but for the terror and other mal practices of the CPI-M. In West Midnapore's Garbeta, they had resorted to rampant rigging," he alleged. Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and its allies swept the assembly polls in West Bengal Friday ending the Left Front's unprecedented 34-year rule. In the 294-member assembly, Trinamool Congress and allies won 227 seats -- a three-fourth majority -- leaving the Left Front with just 61 seats.
