Senior Cong leader speaks against alliance with CPIM in Bengal

Agartala: Leader of the Opposition in Tripura assembly and former TPCC President, Sudip Roy Burman on Saturday cautioned Sonia Gandhi against the Congress forging any alliance with the Left Front in West Bengal, as it would be “harmful” for the party.
In a letter to Gandhi today, which was made available to PTI, Roy Barman said, “We can not distort our past glorious legacy just for electoral gains in a specific state.”
He said, “Let us not forget that approximately 50,000 committed workers and leaders of Congress party were killed mercilessly by the CPI-M party during their 34 years rule in West Bengal.” Roy Barman alleged that a section of party leaders in West Bengal were interested to forge an alliance with Left Front for their narrow political aims and this move would bring the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and BJP to come closer.  (PTI)