New Delhi, March 11 -- Day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress announed candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, dealing a blow to the possiblity of alliance with the Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) held a meeting at its party office in Delhi today.

The Politburo meeting is expected to strategize on the Lok Sabha elections and discuss its party candidates for all Lok Sabha seats across the country.

"Every party is free to decide how they want to proceed with the elections. Now that the Trinamool Congress has made it clear that they are going to fight alone, we INDIA parties need to take a call and decide how to respond. We are prepared. In Bengal, the CPIM is prepared that ...