CPI(M) says TMC melting down faster than ice; hopes to take over Opposition space in West Bengal

Key Takeaways

• Claiming that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is "melting down faster than ice" in this summer heat, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] is hopeful of taking over the Opposition space in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal from the Mamata Banerjee-led party.
• CPI(M) West Bengal general secretary Mohammed Salim asserted that the Left parties, particularly the CPI(M), are already at the "forefront" of taking on their ideological opponents, the RSS and the BJP, in the State.
• "And now, since the Trinamool Congress is melting faster than ice in this heat, it is our task now not only theoretically but also practically to be the primary Opposition to the BJP in West Bengal," Mr.
• "It is difficult but not impossible to retrieve the Left ecosystem in West Bengal and to be at the forefront of the people's struggles for their democratic and constitutional rights," he told PTI in an interview.
• Salim claimed that not only his party but also the people of West Bengal are hopeful that the CPI(M)-led Left Front will take over the Opposition space in the State from the Trinamool Congress.