AGARTALA, April 3 (TIWN): Going a step ahead with the CPI-M and congress alliance for the ensuing WB assembly elections, the CPI (M) leaders have extended hand of alliance on Saturday by agreeing to share stage with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi during his campaign West Bengal. It is to be mentioned here that CPI-M has decided to accept the invitation of Congress party regarding joint campaign during Rahul Gandhi's visit. According to senior Congress leaders, CPI (M) leaders' sharing stage with Gandhi during poll campaign will send out a positive message in favour of the alliance which will enhance coordination at the grassroots level. The CPI (M) and the Congress, which have entered into an electoral pact, have organised joint rallies and untidily campaigned for alliance candidates. Although congress and CPI-M has gone a step ahead with the alliance issue but alliance in Tripura is yet in question.The growing clamour for a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the CPI-M is left in unsolved stage in Tripura. The much talked CPI-M and congress alliance somewhat remains mysterious after CPI-M had pushed the ball in the court of Congress.

It is to be mentioned here that CPI-M had given an indirect signal to the Congress on the alliance issue throwing the ball in the court of congress.

To fight against Mamata in west Bengal, the CPI (M), in an effort to form a secular and democratic alliance against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP, made it clear that it would consider if an offer comes from the Congress which reveals that they will not approach to the parties for alliance thereby pushing the ball in the court of Congress.

Apart this alliance is a question to the society as there can’t be alliance where there is no similarity. Both CPI-M and congress has different ideology and strategy.

With the clamour for forging an alliance with Congress growing louder, majority of CPI (M) state committee members have spoken in favour of either an alliance or an electoral pact with Congress by stating "extraordinary situation demands historic decisions".

Both CPI (M) and Congress are ideologically opposite to each other and alliance with each will do no work well for the party politics.

A close meeting was also held between General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and state CPI (M) leaders like Biman Bose and Surjya Kanta Mishra, said television reports. The Bengal CPI (M) leadership is likely to take a call.

However, the election results in west Bengal is likely to impact the status of the upcoming Tripura assembly election scheduled to be held on 2018.