Trinamool Congress candidate and FICCI secretary-general Amit Mitra, in an interview with CNBC-TV 18's Anuj Singhal termed the assembly polls victory in West Bengal as 'historical' change.
Trinamool Congress-led coalition was ahead in 217 of 294 assembly constituencies while Left party won only 69 seats, drawing the curtains on 34-year continuous rule of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) led Left Front. Below is the verbatim transcript of his interview. Also watch thye accompanying video. Q: Would you be a minister in the government headed by Mamata Banerjee?
A: I have not come here to become a minister, in fact, but to be a part of the historical change in Bengal. No such example exists in the world where a party has been in power for 34 years, surpassing all kinds of vote engineering. This time we had a totally free and fair election, I am here to make an iota of contribution to Mamata Banerjee. Q: Concerns on Mamata Banerjee
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