INDIA Bloc Unity Shaken as Trinamool and AAP Decide to Go Solo

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to contest Bengal elections independently, while AAP declares it will contest all seats in Punjab, highlighting internal conflicts within the opposition bloc.

• Mamata Banerjee, leader of the Trinamool Congress, has declared that her party will contest the elections for Bengal's 42 Lok Sabha seats independently, only considering a pan-India alliance with the Congress after results are declared.
• Banerjee's decision has been met with criticism from the BJP, with Amit Malviya calling it a 'sign of desperation'.
• Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, state Congress chief, has been a key factor in the breakdown of the Congress-Trinamool alliance in Bengal, having been opposed to it from the start.
• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also declared that it will contest all Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, further fracturing the unity of the INDIA opposition bloc.
• The decisions by Trinamool and AAP to go solo in their strongholds reflect a persistent tussle between the Congress and regional forces within the INDIA bloc.

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