Cong has to decide whether it will join federal front: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the Congress has to decide whether it will join the federal front mooted by her to take on the BJP, and it has to agree to a one-on-one fight in all the states.

During an interview with a Bengali news channel, she claimed that it would be difficult for the BJP to win the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

When asked whether the federal front will include the Congress, the TMC supremo said, "The answer lies in the future. The Congress has to decide whether it will join the federal front."
She told the channel, "The Congress is there in Karnataka. Why should I go there? Similarly, DMK is in Tamil Nadu, TRS is in Telengana, Akhilesh (Yadav) is there in Uttar Pradesh. We will give support to them. The Congress has to agree to the one-on-one formula."
"The federal front is the main criteria. It has its importance," Banerjee said, adding, "I am happy doing politics in the state. I want betterment of the people."
Claiming that the Congress did not want to fight the BJP in the Tripura Assembly elections, she said, "We (TMC) wanted to give 30 seats to the Congress in Tripura to fight the poll together but they did not agree to it."