Congress veteran P Chidambaram on Sunday said the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) proposal for a pre-poll alliance for next month’s Goa Assembly polls was not considered by his party as the Mamata Banerjee-led party has slammed Congress leaders in the state. “troubled”. The statement comes three days after TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said that if the Congress fails to oust the BJP from power in Goa, Chidambaram, who is the Congress’s state election in-charge, should take responsibility and resign. Banerjee had also said that the Trinamool Congress had approached Chidambaram with a formal offer for a pre-poll alliance for the February 14 Goa elections.
Chidambaram told reporters here that the Trinamool Congress had suggested a pre-poll alliance with the Congress in Goa. “What I can say is that there was a suggestion from TMC that we should form an alliance (in Goa). (But) before and after that, some incidents happened,” the senior Congress leader said.
He alleged that the TMC hunted down Congress leaders in the coastal state. “They hunted Luizinho Faleiro, and even after the coalition was proposed, they hunted Alexo Reginaldo Lourenco, whose name was on the first list of congressional candidates. He also poached other constituencies such as Mormugao and Vasco. ‘ He said from these two seats without naming any leader. Alliance proposal. Asked about Abhishek Banerjee’s statement against him, Chidambaram said, “I don’t want to be associated with the TMC general secretary. I occupy a humble position in the Congress party and I would not like to comment.” He said that Congress leaders had met Shiv Sena and NCP leaders over the pre-poll alliance in Goa. “But there was no meeting point, so we Didn’t pursue it,” he said.
Shiv Sena and NCP have joined hands to contest the elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly, while the Congress will contest with the Goa Forward Party (GFP). The TMC has forged an alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). Responding to another question, Chidambaram said the Congress candidates in Goa would give their suggestions on whether to announce the chief ministerial candidate in the state. “After the nomination process is over, we will take the views of the candidates and then inform the AICC (All India Congress Committee),” he said.
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