State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, considered as one of the staunchest critics of Banerjee, said on Thursday that he feels the Congress should not field a candidate against her out of political courtesy. Former Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya too, echoed the sentiment. But I am also of the opinion that the Congress can avoid fielding a candidate against the chief minister,” he said. Two Congress strategists in Delhi said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has informally conveyed her unwillingness to put up a candidate against Banerjee. “Apart from her excellent personal equation with Mamata, the Congress president is perhaps looking at wider scopes of Opposition unity,” said a senior Congress leader.

Source: Hindustan Times June 04, 2021 21:56 UTC