Three reasons for alliance not working out - Adhir, Adhir and Adhir: O’Brien

INDIA bloc leaders during a meeting in New Delhi. File Pic/PTI

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien Thursday held West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury responsible for an alliance not working out between the two parties in West Bengal. The remark came a day after West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee announced that her party will fight the Lok Sabha polls "alone" in the state.

"Three reasons for the alliance not working in Bengal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury," O'Brien told reporters here. He also claimed that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) had many detractors but only two, the BJP and Chowdhury, have repeatedly spoken out against the bloc.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Congress leader

The TMC leader further alleged that Chowdhury was working at the behest of the BJP. "The voice is his, but the words are being dictated to him by the duo in Delhi. In the past two years, Adhir Chowdhury has spoken the language of the BJP. Not once has he raised the issue of Bengal being deprived of central funds," O'Brien said. "He even endorses ED actions in Bengal when they are against Trinamool. He holds special press conferences to belittle Mamata Banerjee and barely speaks against BJP leaders," he added.

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