Mamata Banerjee declares TMC to go solo in Bengal election

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ruled out an alliance between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress for the 2026 assembly elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut emphasized that she should “continue to engage in dialogue” with the Congress.

The Trinamool Congress chief on Monday blamed the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress for the failure of the Opposition in Delhi and Haryana assembly election, ruling out the possibility of having any alliance with the grand old party for the 2026 West Bengal election.

Mamata Banerjee also told her legislators and ministers that the TMC will win the 2026 poll on its own with a two-third majority in the 294-seat state assembly.

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Mamata Banerjee Should Maintain Dialogue with Congress: Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut, a leader from Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, noted that Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has always contested Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha elections independently. However, he suggested that since the Congress is a huge part of the INDIA bloc, the TMC supremo “should always continue to have a dialogue with Congress”.

A minister from Banerjee’s meeting said, “The chief minister said the AAP did not help the Congress in the Haryana poll and the Congress did not help the AAP in the Delhi poll. She said such things are unacceptable. Cm said the Congress doesn’t exist in Bengal.”

She also warned the gathering that she won’t tolerate any infighting or factionalism within the TMC rank and file.

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