Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- The Indian Secular Front on Wednesday called for an immediate alliance among the Left Front, Congress and the ISF in Assembly poll-bound West Bengal, arguing only such a combine could effectively challenge the "binary politics" of the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Addressing the foundation day programme of the ISF here, the organisation's chief and Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique said discussions with the Left Front and the Congress were already underway. He claimed the alliance should be finalised within this month.

"If the Left, Congress and ISF come together, the joint binary politics of the TMC and BJP can be defeated and brought to an end," he said.

Responding to Siddique's cal...