Congress asks West Bengal unit to cool down tempers
January 12th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) With the ruling alliance partners in West Bengal bitterly targeting each other, the Congress Thursday asked its state unit to refrain from using harsh words against the ally and also appealed to the Trinamool Congress to do likewise.
“We have asked the state leadership to avoid use of harsh words against the ally,” Congress general secretary in charge of the state Shakeel Ahmad told reporters.
“We also appeal to the local TMC leaders to do the same.”
Stating the Congress would like to keep the alliance, Congress sources said the recent flashpoints like renaming the Indira Bhavan in Kolkata, paddy procurement or attack on college principals, are all local issues, and efforts were on to convince the TMC leaders not to let these escalate.
The Congress sources said the party would be happy if an academy in the name of revolutionary, popular Bengal poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is opened at Indira Bhavan and a memorial to the late Indira Gandhi is maintained there.
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