Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 3

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday launched a fresh salvo at the Congress stating that it has gone into “deep freezer” with the TMC-led by Mamata Banerjee now emerging as the choice of the opposition forces for leading the fight against the BJP.

Referring to poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s latest tweet against the Congress, an article in TMC mouthpiece ‘Jago Bangla’ claimed Congress insiders were fed up with the party leadership.

“The TMC has been saying this for a while that the Congress is a spent force. They don’t have the energy to fight the BJP. The party is plagued by infighting that it is left with no time to challenge the BJP. The UPA ceased to exist long back,” said the article, titled ‘Congress in Deep Freezer’.

“Mamata is at present the most popular Opposition face in the country,” the article said, adding that the responsibility to form an alternative to the BJP had been entrusted to Mamata by opposition parties. Veteran Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya said it was for the opposition parties to decide who would be their leader. State BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar ridiculed both Congress and TMC over their claims.