Secular forces in Bengal need to unite against TMC and BJP, says Cong

  |   28 October, 2014   |   608   |   3980

Kolkata: With politics in West Bengal gradually becoming polarised between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP, a section of Congress leaders in the state have called for unification of secular forces to stop "communal politics".



Veteran Congress leader Abdul Mannan said that there was a strong need for checkmating "communal politics" of the Trinamool Congress manifesting itself in minority appeasement. "So is the majority polarisation by the BJP...The Congress has been fighting for secularism since its inception, so it is an imperative that secular forces in the state, including the Left, join hands with the Congress," Mannan told PTI.