Congress refuses Left Front’s Bengal seat offer

Kolkata: In a last ditch attempt to forge a seat adjustment formula with the Congress in West Bengal in the 2019 polls, the Left Front on Tuesday announced the second list of its Lok Sabha candidates, leaving four seats won by the Congress in the last general elections.

The State Congress leadership, however, rejected the offer claiming their party cannot be at the “mercy of anyone” and stated that it would fight in all 42 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal on its own.

The Left Front, which had announced the names of 25 candidates in its first list on March 15, named its candidates for 13 more constituencies in the state, including Darjeeling in the north Bengal hills, Asansol industrial belt and city-based seats like Kolkata South, Kollata North and Howrah on Tuesday, taking the tally to 38. (IANS)

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