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West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has lashed out at the Trinamool Congress party for, what he alleged, forming a 'rainbow alliance' with the Maoist groups. Talking to reporters here on Sunday, he said: "There is an alliance, rainbow alliance, all extreme rightist forces have come together. Maoists are saying that they want to bring the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to power. Is it a simple thing. You will have to understand the underlying meaning of it." He also rubbished TMC chief Mamta Banerjee's statement that there were no Maoists in West Bengal. "On the eve of the polls they (Trinamool Congress) are saying that there are no Maoists in the state. They want to prepare a support base of the Maoists. They are associated with the Maoists," Bhattacharjee said. Bhattacharjee also said that the 'Left Front' communist alliance would win the upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls due to be held on May 30. Sources in the Union Home Ministry on Monday feared that the casualties of the IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada is likely to go high as the rescue and relief operations have been hampered due to bad light. Security forces have launched a major rescue operation. On Monday evening in one of the worst attack on civilians the Maoists blew up a private bus killing over 30 people. The bus was on its way from Dantewada to Sukma when the incident took place near Chingawaram, over nine kilometers from Sukma. The bus-CG17 SS 9295 was carrying 20 special police officers (SPO) and over 30 civilians.The SPOs were on their way to participate in a special recruitment drive. The latest blast incident has taken place a day after the Maoists called for a 48 hour shutdown in five states-Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. The sources said the attack might have been a pre -planned one. Reportedly, the Maoists also fired on the bus after the blast to ensure that nobody stays alive.

Bhattacharjee lashes out at Trinamool Congress for Maoist links