Won’t partner ‘discourteous’ Congress in Bengal, says Mamata

Opposition bloc INDIA was dealt a jolt Wednesday when Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee cut Congress out of TMC’s Lok Sabha poll plan for the state, saying the party would go it alone on its turf while keeping the door ajar for “post-poll adjustments” at the “all-India level”. She said TMC would “do whatever is needed to defeat BJP”.