AGARTALA, April 4 (TIWN): Amidst serious controversies related to the alliance between CPI-M and Congress, despite of being ideologically different have gone united to fight against Trinamool congress. The much promoted WB polls for which the CPI-M and congress has come together has begin from Monday morning under tight security. The first phase of crucial assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam has begun Monday with the Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee facing a tough fight from the Left-Congress combination. Eighteen constituencies in West Bengal and 65 in Assam will vote in the first phase in the over a month-long election process to elect new governments in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry. While West Bengal will have elections spread over six phases, the Assam polls will be held in two phases.

 In West Bengal, elections will be held on seven dates with the first phase having two polling days - the other being on April 11. Voting is being held in West Bengal's Maoist-affected areas today.

The last 2011 assembly polls, which ended the 34-year-long rule of the Left, had Trinamool and Congress on the same side. The Congress, which broke its alliance later on, has forged alliance with the Left.

The Left-Congress alliance has been a subject of mockery for both the BJP and the Trinamool.

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 in Tripura.

However, in WB CPI-M and congress is moving hand in hand to fight against Trinamool but in Tripura the alliance is still a question.

The clarion call for the alliance came from former chief minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee on 16 January at Singur. Flagging off a march from Singur to Salboni, Bhattacharjee issued an open appeal to the Congress to join hands with the Left Front to defeat Mamata Banerjee's TMC in the Assembly election which began from Monday.