KOLKALA / AGARTALA, Nov 5 (TIWN): Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to all non-BJP parties to come together to form a front and said she would be happy to attend deliberations on the issue. This non-BJP party however also includes WB Trinamool's ever enemy CPI-M. Roars of criticism have been emerged after Banerjee appealed all anti-BJP parties to fight against the Central Govt. Speaking to media persons here, Banerjee said she is now fighting the battle against the BJP-led central government alone. "I am now fighting this battle alone. I am requesting and appealing to all my friends from other political parties to come, sit together and form a front, maybe Federal Front or whatever name you give."But let us fight together. If anybody comes, I will be very happy. If they call me, I will be very happy to attend," she said.With elections in five states approaching, Banerjee has been upping the ante and trying to project herself as the fulcrum of the anti-BJP political space.

Banerjee has for long been harping on a federal front of non-Congress and non-BJP parties.

However, a year back when same issue raised, Banerjee was asked whether Left and Trinamool Congress could join such a common platform at the national level, she said "at the national level, it is a platform to fight the battle against communalism and vandalism." To another question on whether she would share a platform with CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat, she said "that is a common minimum agenda. It is just like a platform to fight against communalism."

She also said the Left was "finished" in West Bengal. "They have their own ideological policy, I have my own ideological policy. That is a different question," a statement by the TV channel quoted her as saying. However, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury ruled out any alliance with Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and said TMC is talking of an alliance to save its political space in the state.

It was due to the policies of Congress that communal forces have gained ground in the country and Trinamool Congress had helped communal forces to grow in Bengal because of its vote bank politics, he said.

"TMC is now talking of unification of secular forces. What are their credentials? It is the Trinamool which has fed communal politics to the state. Now when they are losing grounds, they are talking of an alliance with secular forces. There can be no alliance with an anti-democratic, communal, and opportunist political force like TMC," Yechury said in Kolkata.

However, now it's to be seen one year after, when Mamata Banerjee again calls for Non-BJP alliance,how many parties join with her. Question remains, what Mamata Banerjee actually meant by non-BJP parties ? Is she calling for the left front party indirectly or directly?