Congress national president Rahul Gandhi | Photo Credit: PTI

New Delhi: Within days of Trinamool Congress (TMC) ruling out a pre-poll alliance with Congress ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2018, Congress national president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asked West Bengal Congress to fight solo in Bengal against TMC and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC), Congress' state unit, is expected to organise a mass rally in February and Gandhi has been invited to Kolkata to attend the rally. He is likely to respond with a confirmed date closer to February. The invitation has been extended by Gandhi.

As of now, West Bengal PCC is expected to fight TMC in Bengal. As of now, there is no gatbandhan or alliance between TMC and Congress in West Bengal.

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Yesterday, WBPCC chief Somen Mitra met Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to discuss the Lok Sabah strategy of Congress in WB.

TMC leader and West Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee in a statement earlier ruled out any pre-poll alliance with Congress but kept the door open for gatbandhan or coalition after the polls, saying, the "party would keep all post-poll options open".