"Too Late": Trinamool Says Adhir Chowdhury 'Gravedigger' Of INDIA Tie-Up

A Trinamool source said the Trinamool "was very patient" during the seat-sharing negotiations

A day after Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee virtually pulled the plug on an INDIA alliance in Bengal, pushing the grand old party into damage control mode, her party has blamed state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowhdury for the alliance not working out.

Derek O'Brien, Trinamool's parliamentary party leader in Rajya Sabha and its chief spokesperson, has said Mr Chowdhury had repeatedly spoken out against the bloc. "He is the reason for the alliance not working out in West Bengal," he told the media in Delhi.

"After the general elections, if the Congress does its job and defeats the BJP on a substantial number of seats, the Trinamool Congress will very much be a part of the front that believes and fights for the Constitution," Mr O'Brien added.