Kolkata, June 27 -- After receiving an electoral shock from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee made an unprecedented reach out to the Left and Congress to save her citadel.

Sensing neither of the Opposition parties seems to be much interested in her proposal, the TMC supremo was quick to state that if not politically, the three parties- which have ruled the state since Independence in different times- must join hands nationally on common issues.

In a more surprising comment, Banerjee said she doesn't believe that her once-arch-rival CPI-M and the Congress would break the country into pieces. The comment seems to be ironical as not many ...