Mamata 'offers to resign'

By Malabika Bhattacharya

CALCUTTA, MAY 19. The Trinamool Congress supremo, Ms. Mamata Banerjee, tonight asked the BJP national leadership to prevent the West Bengal BJP from marring the Trinamool's prospect in the upcoming civic polls in Calcutta and elsewhere in the State by fielding separate candidates.

Angry at the State BJP's unilateral decision to field candidates in as many civic wards as possible, Ms. Banerjee, according to sources, expressed her dissatisfaction to the BJP's central leadership. She is believed to have offered to resign if the local BJP continues to work against the spirit of the Trinamool- BJP alliance, highly placed sources said.

Ms. Banerjee, however, could not be contacted for her comment. The announcement comes at a time when Ms. Banerjee and other Trinamool leaders are grappling with party rebels.

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