TMC not in fray in Uttar Pradesh, backs Akhilesh Yadav
Mamata Banerjee made the announcement after being re-elected as TMC Chairperson unopposed.
Kolkata: The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) is not contesting in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, but the party will SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
Mamata Banerjee made the announcement after being re-elected as TMC Chairperson unopposed.
Banerjee said, "In Uttar Pradesh, I am not going to contest Assembly polls but I am going to support SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on 8th Feb 2022; we (TMC) will contest from UP in Lok Sabha polls (in 2024)."
Have built my unit in Goa, in Tripura my vote percentage is over 20 per cent. We've to make Bengal stronger in the next two years so that we get all 42 seats (in 2024 Lok Sabha polls); We have to chase BJP away. Uniformity will be there in TMC; will do my first working Committee meeting in Delhi.
