Tripura results: Mamata blames Rahul Gandhi for loss

Accusing the Congress of total negligence in contesting the Tripura Assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she had approached Congress President Rahul Gandhi for alliance but was not listened to. "I requested the Congress for a coalition (in Tripura). I told Rahul Gandhi that we are new as a party in Tripura. So let's unite Congress and Trinamool Congress and the hill parties there to fight the election together. But they did not listen to me," Banerjee said in the wake of Bharatiya Janata Party's thumping victory in Tripura.