
Congress would have gained had it fought Bengal polls alone: Abhijit Mukherjee
New Delhi, Mar 21: The Congress''s vote share would have increased if it had fought the West Bengal elections without aligning with the Left, former party MP Abhijit Mukherjee said on Saturday.

Abhijit, the son of former president Pranab Mukherjee, said that his party has forged an alliance with only the Left Front and not Abbas Siddiqui''s ISF.
"The Congress''s vote share would have increased if it fought the elections alone. This is my personal opinion. However, it is not necessary that the increase in vote share would mean an increase in seats," he told reporters on the sidelines of a programme at the Arabinda Stadium here.
West
Bengal
elections
2021:
684
companies
of
CAPF
to
be
deployed
in
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phase
of
state
polls
"Congress would have been able to fight on more number of seats if it contested the elections without going into any alliance. The chances of winning would have been more. Still, I am hopeful that the alliance will form the next government in West Bengal," he added.
The
Congress
has
aligned
with
the
Left
Front
and
ISF
for
fighting
the
assembly
elections
in
West
Bengal,
taking
on
the
ruling
TMC
and
opposition
BJP.
Mukherjee''s
comments
come
even
as
the
three
sides
give
a
final
touch
to
the
seat-sharing
arrangement.
The
Congress
got
5.67
per
cent
votes
in
the
Lok
Sabha
elections
in
West
Bengal,
most
of
which
came
from
Murshidabad
and
Malda
Dakshin
seats
where
party
candidates
won.
The
CPI(M)-led
Left
Front
got
around
7
per
cent
votes
but
could
not
manage
to
win
a
single
amid
a
bipolar
contest
between
the
BJP
(40.64
per
cent)
and
TMC
(43.69
per
cent).
The
TMC
won
22
seats,
while
the
BJP
bagged
18
seats,
emerging
as
the
main
opposition
party
in
the
state.