By IANS,
Kolkata : West Bengal Congress MLA Deepa Dasmunsi, the wife of union Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Monday claimed that grassroot party workers were unhappy with the seat-sharing deal with the Trinamool Congress.
“From what we’ve heard so far about the seat-sharing deal with the Trinamool Congress in the state, it seems it will be really tough for us to win in those constituencies. Our party workers at the grassroot level are not very happy with this seat adjustment deal,” Dasmunsi said.
“We’ve already forwarded the matter to All Indian Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi informing her about the discontent among party workers,” she added.
Dasmunsi, however, said the Congress was willing to join hands with the Trinamool for the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
“We hope the party high command will shortly take a decision on the issue keeping in mind the interests of the party workers,” she said.
Dasmunsi earlier voiced discontent over the alliance with the Trinamool, and even demanded an apology from Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee for her alleged disparaging remarks about state Congress president Pranab Mukherjee.
On March 1, the Congress and the Trinamool announced they would fight the elections together against the ruling Left Front, but an acceptable seat sharing formula has eluded the two parties which are still engaged in hard bargaining over some constituencies.