Delhi leadership of Congress did not ask WB MLAs to sign loyalty bond: sources

Amid news that the Central leadership in the Congress had asked its' newly elected MLAs in West Bengal to sign a written declaration on a stamp paper asserting that they would not leave the party, sources said that no such action has been initiated.

According to reports, the Congress leadership is unhappy with such rumours doing rounds.

It was being speculated that after the nine MLAs in Uttarakhand had switched sides to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress reportedly took this step to keep its flock the state assembly intact.

The BJP described this development in the grand old party as highly demeaning and hilarious.

However, the Congress accused the BJP of toppling governments and said that the saffron party's malicious intentions are the reason behind propelling such an endeavour.

"What West Bengal MLA's have done it must be there decision, they must have got together for whatever reason. I have a feeling that with the recent history months where the BJP used money, power, blackmail to threatens some of our MLA's and weaken their resolve in regard in regard to their loyalty towards the Congress," Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit told ANI.

"Perhaps it could be that if we get together and all of us make a pledge to the Congress leadership, we will able to help each other if any such problem comes and a more united front can be established," he added.

While the Trinamool Congress won the elections with 211 seats in the 294-member assembly, the Left-Congress alliance was relegated to 76 seats. The Congress is the principal opposition party in West Bengal after winning 44 seats in the recently concluded elections.