West Bengal Congress: New West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhankar Sarkar has said that he will keep the doors open for party allies, indicating an easing of tensions with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. Speaking to a private channel, Subhankar Sarkar spoke about the dynamics of the alliance at the state and national level.

He said, ‘This is not new for us. Even when the Left parties ruled Bengal, we had friendly relations with them at the Centre, but here we used to compete. Every political party, including the Congress, thinks about how to increase its influence in a state.’

It is worth noting that the relations between Congress and Trinamool Congress soured under the leadership of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary. The party led by Mamata Banerjee also blamed him for the failure of alliance talks with Congress.

'Alliance dynamics are different at state and national levels'

Sarkar said, 'What Adhir Chaudhary ji did was right. He tried to strengthen the party in Bengal. He opposed the atrocities on our workers.' However, he highlighted that the dynamics of the alliance are different at the state and national level.

'To fight the ideology of BJP and RSS, various political parties united under one umbrella- Bharat Bloc. The ideology of the Bharat Bloc is different. State-wise equations are different. (Before the Lok Sabha electioalliedlliance with the CPM and invited Trinamool Congress for talks. But they announced their candidates in all 42 seats in Bengal,' Sarkar said, stressing that every party wants to make its strong presence felt in the states.

'Congress has always kept its doors open, this is for the betterment of the country'

He said, 'Congress has always kept its doors open. It is for the betterment of the country.' As Bengal Congress chief, Sarkahe would aim would be to strengthen the party in the state. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election from his home turf Baharampur to TMC candidate Yusuf Pathan, had resigned as West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president after the parliamentary elections.