New Delhi:

Attempting to infuse hope within the INDIA bloc, which has been witnessing turmoil when it comes to the equations between key allies, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has mentioned the alliance will struggle the Lok Sabha polls collectively in Bihar and that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is “very much” part of the opposition grouping.

Addressing a press convention throughout his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Mr Gandhi mentioned on Tuesday, “If you look at Mamata ji’s statements, she is very much part of the INDIA alliance… Of course, Mr Nitish Kumar has left the INDIA alliance and he has gone to the BJP. You can guess what the reasons are for him leaving.” 

“It’s fine, we’ll fight in Bihar as the INDIA alliance. So, I don’t agree that lots of our partners are not part of the alliance,” he asserted.

The Congress chief’s confidence has taken many unexpectedly as a result of Mamata Banerjee has repeatedly mentioned that she is going to tackle the BJP alone in West Bengal and work out alliances after the Lok Sabha polls. While some stories have prompt that she has softened her stand and is prepared to depart 5 Lok Sabha seats for the Congress, the Trinamool’s equation with bitter rivals CPM might be a stumbling block.

Ms Banerjee had earlier accused the Congress of becoming a member of fingers with the CPM to help the BJP within the elections.

On the Bihar entrance, the opposition bloc suffered an enormous setback when certainly one of its principal architects, Janata Dal United chief Nitish Kumar, switched sides and joined fingers with the BJP and the NDA late final month. The alliance is banking on what’s left of the Grand Alliance – the Lalu Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress and the Left events – to win a great variety of seats within the essential state, which, at 40, sends the fourth-highest variety of representatives to the Lok Sabha.

The alliance can be on shaky floor in Punjab, the place the AAP has mentioned it’ll contest all 13 seats alone. The state of affairs is unclear in Uttar Pradesh, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats, with the Samajwadi Party sending combined alerts on what number of seats it’s prepared to forgo for the Congress.