Mamata Rules Out Alliance With Cong For 2026 Bengal Polls, TMC to Fight Alone

Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee confirmed that Trinamool Congress will contest the 2026 assembly elections independently, ruling out any coalition with Congress or other parties, according to TMC sources.

In a meeting with her party lawmakers ahead of the Assembly's budget session, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee expressed confidence of securing a two-thirds majority in the upcoming elections.

“The Congress did not help the AAP in Delhi. In Haryana, the AAP did not help the Congress. So, the BJP has won in both states. Everyone should be together. But the Congress has nothing in Bengal. I will fight alone. We alone are enough," a source quoted Banerjee as telling her party's MLAs.

She asserted that the party would form the government in the state for the fourth time in a row after winning more than two-third of the total seats.

According to a party source, Banerjee said at the closed-door meeting that like-minded parties must have an understanding so that anti-BJP votes are not divided.

"Otherwise, it will be difficult for the India bloc to stop BJP at the national level," she said.

The TMC chief also asked party MLAs to be alert as the BJP might try to include names of foreigners in the voter list to win the election.

A source said Banerjee informed the meeting that she would reshuffle the party's units from state-level to the booth level, and various wings.

To select new office-bearers, she asked the MLAs to suggest three names for each post to senior leader Arup Biswas by February 25.

The TMC chief also described the arrest of former food minister Jyotipriyo Mallick in the ration scam as "unfair", claiming that there is no evidence against him.

(with agency inputs)