Kolkata, March 22 -- Barring for a couple of seats there was conformity between the Left and the Congress in "more or less" all the seats, a CPI(M) leader on Thursday said after the Congress announced the list of its candidates from Bengal.

According to Pradesh Congress president Adhir Chowdhury, the tri-colour party was fielding candidates from Raiganj, Malda North and South, Jangipur, Behrampore, Purulia

The biggest Left Front constituent CPI(M) would not make any official comment but they expressed their anguish on one or two seats saying, "this is for a bigger cause and so we will thrash out the difference if any privately."

According to sources the Left was loath to shed the Raiganj seat to the Congress though both the parties have ...