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Congress hopes for 'convergence of views' with Trinamool
Friday January 06, 2012 10:27:00 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Expressing
hope there could be a convergence of views with United Progressive
Alliance constituent Trinamool Congress, the Congress Friday said
minor differences with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
can be sorted out through in depth discussion.
"There have been differences with the TMC. But to say they can not
be reconciled is not right," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu
Singhvi told reporters, adding "there is nothing that cannot be
sorted out through indepth talks. We hope for a convergence of
views."
The Congress-TMC ties have been under strain in the past month
after party chief Mamata Banerjee blocked the government's
decision to allow 51 percent foreign equity in multi brand retail
and took a stand against the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha saying
some of its provisions were against federal autonomy on the issue
of Lokayukta in states.
The differences between the Congress and the TMC, which have an
alliance in West Bengal, became pronounced with her recent
decision to rename a community hall in Kolkata, named in the
memory of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, after popular
Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Mamata also accused the Congress of playing the 'B team' to her
bete noire Communist Party of India-Marxist in the state.
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