The Congress’s event will cover Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, Darjeeling, and North Dinajpur before reaching Bihar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also believed to be upset over the delay in seat-sharing negotiations. The yatra will re-enter West Bengal and pass through Malda and Murshidabad, two strongholds of the grand old party.Ruling out an alliance in Bengal, Mamata on Wednesday announced that her party would fight alone in all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming general elections. Her decision to go alone is believed to be a jolt to the INDIA alliance.In the previous Lok Sabha elections, BJP bagged victory in 18 seats, making deep inroads in Bengal, and Mamata’s party won 22 seats. Later in the by-election in Asansol, the TMC snatched the seat from the saffron camp following BJP MP Babul Supriyo’s defection to Bengal’s ruling party.Taking forward the narrative of Mamata’s announcement to fight the LS polls alone, TMC supporters staged a demonstration at Bakshirhat when Gandhi entered Bengal after visiting north-east states.“Some will try to create disturbance during Nyay Yatra, but it will not work. As the leader of our party will start travelling through the districts in the state, scores of people will join the event, and nothing can stop the people who will be with the Congress,” said state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
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