<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee today ruled out any alliance with the Congress in respect of I. N. D. I. A. coalition in the State for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. She announced this in a press briefing before a government programme at Goda Maidan in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Chief Minister said that there has been no discussion with her with Congress on the issue of seat sharing in the State. She added that Congress refused their proposal from the beginning. She has made it clear that on the national level, she will decide on the coalition after the General Election. She also said that Congress did not inform her party about the itinerary of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the State.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Ms. Mamata Banerjee has also informed that at State-level Congress has to respect the regional parties.</p>