Kolkata: The rift in the Opposition’s INDIA bloc in West Bengal surfaced on Thursday as the Congress attacked Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for offering just two of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats. Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said his party doesn’t need Banerjee’s pity and can win more seats on its own.

“The real intention of Mamata Banerjee is out. They are saying that they (TMC) will give two seats (to Congress) in West Bengal. Those seats already have Congress MPs. What new are they giving us? We won these two seats by defeating Mamata Banerjee and the BJP. What favour are they doing to us?” he said.

He said the Trinamool needs the Congress more.

“Who will trust her (Mamata Banerjee)? It is Mamata who needs Congress to win… Congress can fight and is capable of winning more seats on its own. We will show. We don’t need to keep these two seats on Mamata’s pity,” he added.