By IANS,
Uluberia (West Bengal): Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Sunday came down heavily on her alliance partner Congress for forming the municipal board here after “ditching” her party.
The Congress and Trinamool Congress won a majority after fighting the elections to the Uluberia municipality together in June, but the Congress later formed the board by defeating the Trinamool Congress candidates in the election of the chairman and the vice-chairman.
The Congress claimed it got the support of Forward Bloc commissioners, but the Trianmool has alleged that the Congress had secured the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
“The people had voted for the Trinamool Congress, as is evident from the Lok Sabha elections, where our candidate won by a handsome margin. The Congress got good amount of votes in the municipal polls as it was aligned to us,” Banerjee told a rally here.
“The Congress has betrayed us. It has betrayed the people. They will have to pay dearly for this,” she said.
She said the Congress had the freedom to take its own decision. “But when they have formed the board with parties like the BJP, they could have told the people of their intentions before the elections”.