Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has joined hands with the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal but that will not deter it from fielding candidates against the latter's new ally, the Congress, in the Lok Sabha elections.
'We've decided to support the Trinamool but will field candidates against the Congress in nine Lok Sabha seats,' SUCI state secretary Probhas Ghosh told reporters here Friday.
He said that SUCI would pit Tarun Mondal against Nemai Barman of the state's ruling Left Front in the Jaynagar seat as part of the Trinamool-SUCI alliance.
Earlier, SUCI had threatened Trinamool that it would withdraw from the alliance if the latter tied up with the Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
'Despite (the Trinamool's tie-up with) the Congress, we've decided to go on with the alliance, keeping in mind the interests of common people in the state,' Ghosh added.
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has appealed to the SUCI leadership not to field candidates against the Congress in West Bengal.
The SUCI is a Leftist party but is opposed to the ruling LF.
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