The Left parties will contest the upcoming Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections together, CPI (M) Tripura West district leadership said on Monday, while appealing to party workers and supporters to put in maximum efforts to defeat the BJP with alliance with INDIA Bloc partner Congress.
In a statement, CPI (M) Tripura West district secretary Ratan Das said that the party’s state leadership had taken sincere initiatives from the beginning to bring together all anti-BJP votes through an understanding among opposition parties. However, the efforts failed to materialize due to the “negative attitude and lack of goodwill” of other political parties.
“Despite our sincere efforts to unite all anti-BJP votes with the objective of defeating the BJP, seat adjustment could not be achieved due to the negative approach and lack of willingness of other political parties,” Das said.
While, Tripura Pradesh Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha said that they will officially announce the decision of any possible alliance with CPI (M) on Tuesday (November 10), the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers. Saha also said their meeting with top leadership of CPI (M) is going on.
But, sources claimed that alliance talks had already been completed and main opposition CPI(M) has decided they will contest the November 27 AMC elections only with alliance with other Left parties.
CPI (M) leader Ratan Das in his statement also urged party leaders, workers, supporters and well-wishers to immediately join the election campaign with full strength and work towards ensuring victory in every ward of the AMC.
The CPI (M) leader’s statement comes ahead of the AMC elections, where the BJP, Left parties and other political groups are preparing to contest for control of the civic body. The Left parties have decided to continue their joint electoral fight, even as a broader opposition seat-sharing arrangement could not be finalized.