Contrary to some reports, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI (M)] categorically denied joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to counter Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the run-up to the panchayat polls in West Bengal. Biman Bose, Left Front Chairman said that the TMC was simply spreading rumours to deflect attention from the unprecedented violence in the state.
General secretary of the CPI(M) Sitaram Yechury, told NC24X7, “The TMC must answer why the CBI is going slow on Narada/Sarada/Rose valley scams, unless there is an underhand deal with BJP.”