According to sources in Mamata Banerjee-camp, the Trinamool Congress has appointed MLA Babul Supriyo as a national spokesperson of the party, news agency PTI reported. Supriyo, who was a union minister while he was in the BJP,  took to Twitter to thank the party supremo Mamata Banerjee for giving him... The post appeared first on .

According to sources in Mamata Banerjee-camp, the Trinamool Congress has appointed MLA Babul Supriyo as a national spokesperson of the party, news agency PTI reported. Supriyo, who was a union minister while he was in the BJP,  took to Twitter to thank the party supremo Mamata Banerjee for giving him... The post appeared first on .

Kolkata Jan 20 PTI Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday hit out at the TMC alleging that the party was trying to divide anti-BJP votes in states and its claims of organising a united front against the saffron camp was nothing short of a well-scripted drama Chowdhury also said that the Bengals ruling party in a tacit understanding with the BJP was trying to finish off the Congress The TMC recently announced its first list of candidates for Goa Assembly polls scheduled next month The Mamata Banerjee-led camp is fighting the elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly in alliance with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP The TMCs main role is to fracture non-BJP votes in Goa The TMC using money power has bought a few leaders In a tacit understanding with the BJP it is trying to hurt the prospects of the Congress and that is a proven fact The party is venturing into states where the Congress is the main opposition of the BJP It is giving states such as Uttar Pradesh a miss as there are other regional forces Chowdhury stated If you go through TMCs political history you will see that the party always tried to bite the hand that helped the senior Congress leader noted Staring at a humiliating defeat it is now staging a drama of trying to organise a united fight against the BJP The TMC is not a trustworthy ally As it did in Bengal the party is trying to finish off the Congress in other states too he contended Responding to Chowdhurys remarks TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said the Congress should not blame the TMC for its losses in Bengal If the Congress cant fight the BJP it isnt our fault Nationally the Congress has failed to counter the BJP People are now looking up to the TMC to fight the saffron party he said The TMC which is trying to make inroads in the political landscapes of other states has been up in arms against the grand-old party over its alleged failure to confront the BJP The ties between the Congress and the TMC got strained after the Bengals ruling party in its mouthpiece Jago Bangla asserted that Banerjee and not Rahul Gandhi has emerged as the face of the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi PTI PNT RMS RMS