West Bengal Elections Highlights: Lalu ji's decision to provide full support to Mamata ji, says Tejashwi Yadav after meeting CM Banerjee

A day after he embarrassed the Congress by openly expressing his displeasure at the party for delaying the seat-sharing deal, Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief Abbas Siddiqui said that he has information that a Congress leader is in touch with both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP and would switch to one of the parties depending on the West Bengal Assembly election results.Bengali actress Srabanti Chatterjee joined Bharatiya Janata Party in Kolkata. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that Congress has finalised 92 seats after discussions with Left so far. Stay tuned for more updates

We demanded 130 seats in the beginning, Left Front might have accommodated us with more seats but we had to keep the gap for other parties such as RJD and NCP. Now we don't have to share seats with RJD and NCP but our offer is open for others: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

After today's discussions with Congress, we felt that there won't be any problem now. We want to proceed further with the alliance: Left Front Chairman Biman Bose.

As per discussions held with left so far, 92 seats have been finalised for Congress to contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election. The list of candidates for these seats will be announced in two days: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

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