Chances of tie-up with Trinamool dim, says PM

NEW DELHI, MARCH 25. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, today said chances of a BJP-Trinamool Congress alliance for the coming polls to the West Bengal Assembly appeared ``dim''.

``Uske sambhavna to bahut mushkil hai (its possibility is dim),'' Mr. Vajpayee told reporters at the conclusion of BJP's national executive here.

Party sources said the mood at the meeting, where the State unit had given a report, was in favour of a ``one to one fight with the Left, if there is a possibility''. They, however, stressed that the Trinamool would have to clarify its stand vis-a-vis its relationship with the NDA Government at the Centre. The BJP wanted the Trinamool to replace some of the ``difficult seats'' out of the 39 constituencies allotted to it by the latter, the sources said.

- PTI

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