Congress, Left to fight in an alliance in West Bengal by-elections
Kolkata/IBNS: After the disastrous results in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress and the Left have decided to come together to fight the upcoming West Bengal by-elections which will be held on Nov 25.
The by-elections are due to be held in Kaliaganj, Karimpur and Kharadpur Sadar.
Congress state president Somen Mitra informed IBNS, "The deal is more or less finalised. The Congress will fight in Kaliaganj and Kharagpur Sadar while the Left will contest from Karimpur."
The Karimpur and Kharagpur seats fell vacant after the leaders of Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mahua Moitra and Dilip Ghosh respectively, resigned as they were elected as the Lok Sabha MP in 2019.
The Kaliaganj seat fell vacant after Congress veteran and MLA, Pramathanath Roy, passed away in May this year.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress had managed to win just two seats while the Left was wiped out of the state.
Emerging as the main challenger to the ruling Trinamool Congress, the BJP won 18 seats just four less than West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party.
The results of the by-polls will be declared on Nov 28.
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