In a bid to strengthen the partys base ahead of the Assembly elections,the state unit of the Congress has appealed to all those,leaders as well as workers,who had left the party earlier to return. All who left the Congress should return to make the party stronger, said WBPCC chief Manas Bhuniya at a function in Kolkata on Sunday. At the function,the party welcomed the return of Trinamool Congress leader Mohd Rafiq who had left the Congress almost 12 years ago. Rafiq hit the headlines in 2000 following fierce fighting against CPM for control over Keshpur in East Midnapore. Earlier,I used to be treated as a brother (in Trinamool),and then as a step brother and now I am no more wanted, he said,when asked the reason for returning to Congress. Bhuniya said he would also apprise party general secretary Rahul Gandhi of the murders and killings orchestrated by CPM across the state. He said he would approach the state administration to facilitate those rendered homeless in areas like Keshpur,Garbeta,Goaltore and other places. If the CM is unable to persuade the homeless return,then he should quit,he said.
