TMC forms committee to bring dissidents back to party fold

Alarmed over party dissidents joining Opposition ranks, the Trinamool Congress leadership on Wednesday formed a committee to look into the aspect of bringing back dissidents to the party fold.

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee at the party's core committee meet today formed a five member committee, which included TMC MP and nephew of Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee and party leaders Firhad Hakim, Jyotipriyo Mullick, Sovan Chatterjee and Aroop Biswas.

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"The committee has been asked to look into why dissidents are leaving the party and how they can be brought back to the party fold," a senior TMC leader said on condition of anonymity.