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Sources within the state Congress said no one from the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) will attend the rally. So we had requested the party high-command to consider the sentiments of the state unit,” a senior state Congress leader said, according to a PTI report. The move did not go down with the state unit, said sources, with Chowdhury calling him a “mercenary”. The presence of Congress leaders from Delhi on stage at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s upcoming Brigade Rally does not mean they will go soft on the state government, the party’s Bengal unit said Wednesday. State party president Somen Mitra said, “They (AICC) had informed us last night about Kharge taking part in the rally and we had said okay, fair enough..