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Even as the Trinamool Congress has decided to contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, the Congress on Sunday said doors are still open for an alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC for the upcoming general polls..
Ahead of the opposition's rally in Patna, Congress general secretary and in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh told PTI they are still hopeful and believe that when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she is in the INDIA alliance, her priority is to defeat the BJP...
"It's a very significant political rally and it shows the opposition unity to defeat the BJP and its allies," he said.. Former Congress president and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi has also given a break to his ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' to take part in the rally, he said.. "Today is the 50th day (of the yatra), there has been a slight change because Rahul Gandhi has to go to Patna for the opposition rally and Congress president Malliarjun Kharge is also going to participate in it," Ramesh said.. "So this morning, he (Gandhi) is going to have an interaction on the Agniveer issue..
On the fifth day, he (Gandhi) will be in Ujjain and visit the holy Shri Mahakaleshwar temple, he said.. Asked about the Lok Dal's participation in the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh recently, Ramesh said the "real" Lok Dal welcomed Rahul Gandhi during the yatra in Aligarh...
Asked whether Rahul Gandhi will contest from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat (in Kerala), Ramesh said, "That is under discussion and Rahul Gandhi will decide the seat."..
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