Wednesday, April 12 2006 11:35 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Howrah (WB): Calling upon the people to usher in a change in government in West Bengal like that in Bihar, Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee has said that the TC-led 'Gana Front' was the only alternative to the CPI-M.

''There was change of government in every state as well as at the Centre barring West Bengal. It is because there is no democracy in this state under the 29-year-rule of the CPI-M-led Left Front,'' she told an election meeting here yesterday (Apr 11,2006) night.

Projecting her party-led front as the only 'real'alternative, Banerjee took a dig at the Congress for not joining hands with the TC to stop a split in anti-left votes.

She called upon Congressmen to take a decision to defeat the CPI-M in the election. ''I told Congress leaders that you need CPI-M in Delhi to run the UPA government. But in Bengal, let us not bring the politics of Delhi. Don't let the CPI-M continue,'' she said.

''Those who will not fight the CPI-M will be dubbed as Mir Zaffar,'' he said.

She said that if the voters in Bihar could bring in a change of Government after 15 years, ''Why can't we do ithere? Why should the people be afraid of CPI-M terror?''