As TMC-Congress seat-sharing talks stall, Abhishek Banerjee’s latest dig at INDIA ally

The recently concluded North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) elections in Assam that saw the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) draw a blank have become another point of contention between the INDIA bloc allies amid seat-sharing talks for the Lok Sabha polls that seem to have hit a wall.

After Friday’s NCHAC results that saw the BJP complete a near sweep by winning 25 of the 28 seats, TMC general secretary and the party’s de facto number two Abhishek Banerjee took a dig at the Congress.

“Despite contesting NCHAC elections for the first time (the TMC) managed a higher vote share than (the Congress) – the primary opposition. One might say their seat share aspirations in Bengal are akin to aiming for the stars when they couldn’t quite grasp the ground in their own backyard,” Abhishek wrote on social media late Saturday night.

Though both parties failed to win a single seat, the TMC won a higher vote share in the 11 seats it contested at 12.4% compared to the Congress’s 8.87% across 22 seats.

Despite contesting NCHAC elections for the first time <a href=«https://twitter.com/AITC4Assam?ref_src=» https: class="" rel=«nofollow, noopener» target="_blank">@AITC4Assam

One might say their seat share aspirations in Bengal are akin to aiming for the stars when they couldn’t quite grasp the ground in their own backyard! pic.twitter.com/YUDw8qlR32

— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) <a href=«https://twitter.com/abhishekaitc/status/1746222148648378625?ref_src=» https: class="" rel=«nofollow, noopener» target="_blank">January 13, 2024

Abhishek’s remark comes amid increasingly difficult seat-sharing negotiations between the two parties for West Bengal. The possibility of a