Tuesday, January 3 2006 10:05 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kolkata: After having initiated parleys on formation of an anti-CPI-M alliance for coming assembly elections in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee yesterday (Jan 02, 2006) said the new opposition alliance Pashimmbanga Ganatantri Front, which it leads, was preparing a common minimum agenda, which would be finalised on January nine.

Emerging from a meeting of the Front, the TC chief told reporters here, "we have to inform the people what we want to do in the state. We have formed a committee to prepare a draft".

The draft would be placed at a meeting of the Front on January nine where it would be finalised, she said.

The TC-led Ganatantrik Front comprises parties of diverse ideologies like BJP on one hand and Leftist parties like CPI-ML, UCPI on the other.

Banerjee said, "We have united some parties and constituted a Front. Those of us who have already come together are preparing the common minimum agenda because we have to go to the people with it. Others may join later".

The assembly election in West Bengal is scheduled to be held by the middle of this year.

Asked how long she would wait for the Congress to respond to her call for the formation of an anti-CPI(M) 'grand alliance', she replied, "we have informed Congress that we want to put up a one-to-one fight against CPI-M. They said that they would discuss the matter at the highest level of their party and come out with their decision".