Will Support Congress Wherever It Is Strong: Mamata Banerjee's Big Proposal On 2024 Elections Strategy

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party will support the Congress where it is strong in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, PTI reported. This is the first time that Banerjee cleared the air on TMC's stand on a possible strategy for opposition unity in the electoral battle ahead.

"Wherever the Congress is strong, let them fight. We will give them support, there is nothing wrong (in that). But they have to support other political parties also," Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat.

However, she stressed that Congress should reciprocate the same attitude towards the TMC if it wanted her support.

The TMC supremo also made it clear that she expected the seat-sharing formula to give priority to regional players in areas where they were strong. "Strong regional parties must be given priority," she said.

Banerjee had earlier saluted the people of Karnataka after the BJP lost power there while avoiding mention of the grand old party with which TMC has had run-ins in the past.

The development comes days after the Congress secured a thumping victory on its own in Karnataka after 10 years, winning 135 seats and defeating the BJP in the only state it was in power in southern India. The BJP came a distant second, winning 66 seats, a sharp drop from the 104 seats it won in 2018.