<p>The Congress has denied allegations levelled by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the party has colluded with its arch rival CPM on the issue of renaming a house in Kolkata. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Responding to allegations, Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said: “I do not understand the context of the question where the chief minister is saying that the Congress and the Left are working in tandem. <br /><br />The Congress is in alliance with the Trinamool party in West Bengal. The Trinamool is an ally of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in Delhi.<br /><br />“However, it is correct that in the past because of the congruence of views on secularism, the Left was with the UPA. I do not know in what context, circumstances and perspective the statement was made by the West Bengal chief minister,” Tewari added. <br /><br />Earlier, Banerjee, who is also the chief of Trinamool Congress, had alleged that the Congress party’s state unit was in collusion with the CPM to attack her party on a move to rename Indira Bhavan, where former prime minister Indira Gandhi had stayed during the 1972 AICC session.<br /><br />Banerjee also said that Congressmen, who are agitating now, however, did not utter a word when the house was used as a CPM party office when former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu was staying there.<br /></p>
<p>The Congress has denied allegations levelled by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the party has colluded with its arch rival CPM on the issue of renaming a house in Kolkata. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Responding to allegations, Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said: “I do not understand the context of the question where the chief minister is saying that the Congress and the Left are working in tandem. <br /><br />The Congress is in alliance with the Trinamool party in West Bengal. The Trinamool is an ally of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in Delhi.<br /><br />“However, it is correct that in the past because of the congruence of views on secularism, the Left was with the UPA. I do not know in what context, circumstances and perspective the statement was made by the West Bengal chief minister,” Tewari added. <br /><br />Earlier, Banerjee, who is also the chief of Trinamool Congress, had alleged that the Congress party’s state unit was in collusion with the CPM to attack her party on a move to rename Indira Bhavan, where former prime minister Indira Gandhi had stayed during the 1972 AICC session.<br /><br />Banerjee also said that Congressmen, who are agitating now, however, did not utter a word when the house was used as a CPM party office when former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu was staying there.<br /></p>
