With Congress suffering a heavy blow in West Bengal Assembly elections which the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won by a thumping majority, the party is pondering over ways to tackle any possible rebellion.
All the newly-elected Congress MLAs in West Bengal have signed a written declaration on a stamp paper asserting that they would not leave the party. They have given an undertaking to not make any anti-party remarks too.
Congress leaders have, however, maintained that they have not signed the bond under any pressure. "There is nothing wrong in signing the declaration. We were not pressurised. Questions arose whether the elected MLAs will leave the party so to show our solidarity we signed a bond. The party high command did not direct us to do any such thing," said West Bengal Congress leader Abdul Manan.
Not missing a chance to target the Congress, the BJP said these are desperate measures by the party. "Allegiance is given but signing it on a paper is an issue. Congress has been talking about a lot of surgeries but no one has any idea what step will be taken under Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi," BJP leader Sidharth Nath Singh said.
"It's ridiculous, deplorable and against democracy. Such a thing would never happen in BJP. I think leaders should have the freedom to go their own ways if they disagree with the party," BJP leader Babul Supriyo added.
While the TMC won the elections with 211 seats in the 294-member assembly, the Left-Congress alliance was relegated to 76 seats. The Congress is the principal opposition party in West Bengal after winning 44 seats in the recently concluded elections.
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