Congress-Left Alliance for West Bengal 2021 polls

• Congress West Bengal State party chief- Adhir Ranjan Choudhary on Thursday said that the Congress has approved the alliance between their party and the Left front in West Bengal for the upcoming assembly polls.

• In October itself the CPM had announced that the Left Front will have an electoral understanding with the Congress party to fight against the ruling TMC and major opponent BJP in the state.

• In 2016 polls, the Congress together with Left had won 76 out of the 294 seats, garnering about 38% of the total vote.