Mamta snaps ties with Cong in Bengal, AAP to go solo in Punjab

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared on Wednesday that her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections."Whatever proposal I gave them, they have refused all," Banerjee said. "Since then, we have decided to go alone in Bengal."lone in the state. She cited failed seat-sharing talks with the Congress, a key member of the bloc, for her decision to go it alone in the crucial polls."Whatever proposal I gave them, they have refused all," Banerjee said. "Since then, we have decided to go alone in Bengal."

VIDEO | "They (Congress) are doing rally (in Bengal), but they did not inform me. I am a part of the INDIA alliance, as a courtesy they should have informed me that 'Didi I am coming to your state'. We are a secular party and will do whatever we can to defeat the BJP," says West… pic.twitter.com/XXfEipxqUY

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Shortly after Mamata Banerjee's going solo announcement, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said the AAP is not in alliance with the Congress in Punjab. Mann on Wednesday made it clear that AAP will field candidates in all 13 Lok Sabha seats – without having any truck with the Congress.

VIDEO | "We have nothing to with Congress in Punjab," says Punjab CM @BhagwantMann in response to a media query on whether AAP will go it alone in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. pic.twitter.com/hDtpIMCuaH

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Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said seat-sharing talks are going on for West Bengal. "INDIA bloc can't be imagined without Mamata ji. Rahul Gandhi too said the same yesterday. Mamata Banerjee is a key leader of the alliance. She said she wants to defeat the BJP and with that thought we are entering the state," Jairam Ramesh said downplaying the disagreement between the two parties as 'speed breaker', 'red lights' which does not end a journey.