The ruling TMC, opposition Congress and the CPI(M) in West Bengal failed to reach a consensus on Monday on a common draft resolution in the assembly on the "rise of communalism" in the state.
The Congress and the CPI(M) will jointly bring in a resolution, while the Trinamool Congress will bring a separate one under rule 185 later this week.
BJP legislature party leader Manoj Tigga said they would oppose the resolution, which ostensibly targets the saffron party that has been accused by its rivals of polarising people for electoral gains.
The Congress and the CPI(M) differed with the TMC on the reasons behind the "rise" of communalism in the state, although all the three parties agreed that it posed threat to the secular fabric of the state,
"We have reached out to both the CPI(M) and the Congress. We want an all-party resolution (TMC, CPI-M and Congress) in the House over the rise of communal forces in the state," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tapas Roy told reporters. "We think that it's high time that at least on the issue of communalism, we should oppose it together on the floor of the House."
"Who is responsible for it?" Mannan asked. "It is the policy of the TMC and their political strategy of wiping out the Opposition that has created space for the BJP in Bengal."
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