Ghulam Ahmad Mir, a key Congress figure, dropped a bombshell in Katwa: the party will independently contest every one of West Bengal’s 294 Assembly seats, severing ties with TMC just like their Lok Sabha split.
On February 11, Mir laid out the roadmap. ‘Congress returns after 20 years to all seats. Our manifesto, born from public dialogues on local woes, finalizes soon,’ he stated in an interview.
He didn’t hold back criticism: TMC’s 15-year tenure riddled with shortcomings fueling public ire, and BJP’s 12-year Delhi dominance without honoring pledges. This backdrop fuels Congress’s aggressive standalone bid.
High-profile involvement is assured, with Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi as LoP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and more leaders set to campaign vigorously. ‘We’ll free Bengal from rigged political games,’ Mir asserted.
With full organizational machinery in place, Congress eyes a resurgence, leveraging voter frustrations to challenge the duopoly of TMC and BJP in the state polls.