West Bengal PCC president Somen Mitra Wednesday hit out at TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holding her responsible for the spread of BJP in the state.
It is because of Trinamool Congress and not due to the weakening of either the Congress or the Left Front parties that the saffron party is gaining ground in the state, he said at a meet-the-press here.
Banerjee, the Congress leader said, has not announced whether TMC will lend support if there is a coaliation headed by the BJP at the Centre after the polls.
Asked to comment on the possibility of BJP getting the second highest number of seats after TMC in Bengal, Mitra said "It is due to Mamata's party that BJP is rising in Bengal."
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