Kolkata, Feb. 5 -- A day when the AICC officially announced its decision to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections on its own, the CPI(M) said that it was still keen on forging a broader front of forces opposed to both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP, even as the prospects of a pre-poll understanding with the Congress appeared uncertain.
"TheLeft is keeping its channels of communication open to all the political groups that are against the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP," CPM state general secretary Mohammed Salim told in a press conference on Thursday.
The revelation of the party's central committee member came on a day when the Congress high command has formally announced that Congress will contest all the 294 seats...