Goa Polls: Mahua Moitra, Chidambaram Trade Barbs Over TMC-Congress Alliance Bid

Moitra confirmed that the TMC had made a formal offer to the Congress for an alliance in Goa.

Veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram had, on Friday, 14 January, said that the fight in the upcoming Goa Assembly elections was between the Congress and the BJP, and that if anyone wanted to support the anti-BJP front, they could reach out to the Congress.

Chidambaram, during an interview with a local TV channel, had said that though the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had shown a desire for an alliance, it had not proposed any definitive plans for the same. He had said:

"The TMC may have hinted at a desire to form an alliance, it is not clear what they have in mind. It is not clear whether they will be the lead party in forming the alliance, it is not clear whether they want to contest a large number of seats, it is also not clear why they are poaching on Congress members."