Kolkata, Oct. 12 -- The emerging proximity between the CPI(M) and Trinamool Congress at the national level over the controversy surrounding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has triggered a war of words between BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya and TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh bringing the changing equations in Bengal politics into sharp focus.
Taking a dig at Mamata Banerjee over her reported exchanges of letters and telephone conversations with the CPI(M)'s general secretary, besides joint meetings and protest programmes, Bhattacharya questioned the political significance of the apparent convergence between the two parties against the BJP.
Mocking the Trinamool leadership, the BJP state president said, "Trinamool will not regain its...