Left, Congress deadlocked over two seats in West Bengal

Talks for an electoral understanding between the Left parties and the Congress in West Bengal have hit a stalemate over the two Lok Sabha seats of Raiganj and Murshidabad in north Bengal.
The West Bengal unit of the Congress met party president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday and conveyed its opposition to the proposal to not contest the two seats. Both seats were won by the CPI(M) in the 2014 general election and the central committee of the party had on Monday proposed that there should be “no mutual contest” on the two seats, along with four others in Murshidabad and Malda districts that the Congress had won in 2014.
According to sources, the Congress has, however, not taken a final call on the issue and the decision will be taken by its central leadership. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is expected to meet Mr. Gandhi over the issue.

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