Riding on the strong anti-Left sentiment the combined opposition of TMC and Congress won 13 out of 16 municipalities in the state as results were declared today. The election in these 16 municipalities was held on June 28. The Left suffered yet another defeat in West Bengal within one and half months of the Lok Sabha election.
The Bengal unit of the CPI(M) today appeared to have reached a compromise by issuing a whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to vote against the Manmohan Singh government but excluding Somnath Chatterjee from it.
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