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PM candidate, a fictional idea: Mamata

Kolkata: Trashing pre-poll surveys putting Narendra Modi ahead in the prime ministerial race, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said the idea of a PM candidate is “fictional” as it is not backed by Constitution.

She said after coming to power, the only target of the federal front will be to make policies that will help people.  

“We need a change in the political system. We need judicial reforms, administrative reforms.

But most importantly we need electoral reforms,” Banerjee said, adding that there should be a clear demarcation between the power of the Centre and the states.

“Why should a few political parties fight elections with black money? It must stop. It is a cancer in our system,” she said.

On CPI(M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee not ruling out tie up with Congress again if a 2004-like situation arose, she alleged that Congress had always been the B-team of CPI(M) and vice versa.