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This is an archive article published on June 5, 2013
Regional parties will do well in next Lok Sabha poll: Mamata Banerjee
Even PM has said there are no permanent enemies in politics,says Mamata Banerjee
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Kolkata | June 5, 2013 05:38 PM IST
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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said regional parties will do well in the next Lok Sabha election,but evaded a question on whether Trinamool will lead any non-Congress and non-BJP alliance at the Centre.
“I feel that regional parties would do well in the next Lok Sabha election. I will be happy if they (regional parties) come together,” Banerjee told reporters here.
Asked if she is ready to lead any non-Congress,non-BJP alliance at the national level after the next Lok Sabha election,she replied,”I don’t want any chair. I am ready to be there as a worker. If anybody comes forward,I don’t mind.
I don’t fight for power,I fight in the interest of the people. We had left UPA-2 government in the interest of the people. Even the Prime Minister has said there are no permanent enemies in politics.”
She criticised the Congress-led UPA government for hiking prices of coal,fertiliser and other commodities,which affected the people and added that the Congress drew a blank in the current round of bye-elections.
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