Kolkata : The West Bengal BJP has decided to end its ties with Trinamool Congress. BJP will contest the coming Lok Sabha polls on its own.

"The poll alliance between Trinamool Congress and BJP in Bengal no longer exists," state BJP General Secretary Rahul Sinha told to anews agency.
 
"Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who is eying on Muslim votebank, has openly declared that she does not want to keep truck with BJP in the state." He added.

Meanwhile BJP has prepared a list of short-listed candidates for 15 Lok Sabha constituencies. Total no. of seats in the state is 42. The list will go to New Delhi for approval shortly. The list includes state BJP president and former union minister Satyabrata Mukherjee from Krishnanagar and former state party chief Tathagata Roy from Kolkata North.

Both Trinamool Congress and BJP had contested 2004 Lok Sabha and 2006 assembly elections together.