Three days after the Congress snubbed her by taking the support of the Left to clinch the mayoral post of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday sought to send a strong message to the Congress — that if it wanted the TMC’s support at the Centre, it would have to treat the Trinamool Congress as its big brother in Bengal politics.

Addressing a rally at Bagha Jatin Park here, she said that without the blessings of the Congress top brass the developments at Siliguri could not have happened.

“We gave support to the Manmohan Singh government because of our earlier commitments (for support) and for stability. As we accepted the Manmohan Singh government at the Centre, the Congress will have to accept Trinamool’s supremacy in Bengal,” she said amidst thunderous applause.

“One cannot stop Mamata Banerjee by joining hands with the CPM. TMC is the only way in Bengal. Our friends (Congress) are greedy. May God pardon them. They have sold themselves,” she added.

Training guns at her alliance partner as well as the CPM for hobnobbing with each other, the Trinamool Congress chief said, “In my understanding, the Congress-CPM alliance at the corporation will soon fall like a pack of cards,” she added. “Our fault was that we went for an alliance. If we were alone, no one would have ditched you people.”

Referring to recent statements by Congress leaders that letters of support during the mayoral contest were issued to every councillor, she said, “Some people are saying that they had issued a letter to our councillors for support. They are our ally. Issuing a letter to Trinamool councillors and to those of CPM is as different as is heaven from hell.”

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