Mamata supports Manmohan Singh as PM

Trinamool Congress, that has stitched up an alliance with Congress, today extended support to Manmohan Singh as the next prime minister and hoped West Bengal would get special attention from him.

"Congress has projected Manmohan Singh as the prime minister. We will support him. We are making an advance appeal to him for giving special attention to West Bengal's development," Trinamool Congreee chief Mamata Banerjee said sharing a dais with the PM at an election meeting here.


She said that the CPI-M was also "intimidating intellectuals" and asked people to resist with whatever they had. "Don't be afraid if you want a change," Banerjee said.

Banerjee appealed to the people to vote for the Trinamool Congress and Congress candidates.