Regional parties will do well in next Lok Sabha poll: Mamata

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jun 05 2013 | 5:40 PM IST
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said regional parties will do well in the next Lok Sabha election, but evaded a question on whether Trinamool will lead any non-Congress and non-BJP alliance at the Centre.
"I feel that regional parties would do well in the next Lok Sabha election. I will be happy if they (regional parties) come together," Banerjee told reporters here.
Asked if she is ready to lead any non-Congress, non-BJP alliance at the national level after the next Lok Sabha election, she replied, "I don't want any chair. I am ready to be there as a worker. If anybody comes forward, I don't mind. I don't fight for power, I fight in the interest of the people. We had left UPA-2 government in the interest of the people."
She criticised the Congress-led UPA government for hiking prices of coal, fertiliser and other commodities, which affected the people and added that the Congress drew a blank in the current round of bye-elections.
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First Published: Jun 05 2013 | 5:40 PM IST

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