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Kolkata, Dec 4 (PTI) The TMC leadership on Saturday declined to attach much importance to Shiv Sena"s remarks on the party"s effort to build an opposition alliance, one parallel to the UPA, and said that it would continue to cobble up an alternative front as the Congress "failed to lead the fight" against the BJP.
In a snub to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, whose party is currently engaged in a tussle with the Congress, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said keeping the grand old party away from national politics while creating an opposition alliance parallel to the UPA is akin to strengthening the ruling BJP and other "fascist" forces.
In an editorial in party mouthpiece "Saamana", the Sena also said that those who don"t want a Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) should make their stand clear publicly instead of creating confusion by talking behind curtains.
"The Shiv Sena is free to have its opinion.
But let"s not talk about what is right and wrong.
The Shiv Sena itself was part of BJP-led NDA.