Senior leader Chandrima Bhattacharya has replaced veteran organiser Subrata Bakshi as the party’s state president.
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In a major organisational overhaul triggered by the split in Trinamool Congress’ 28-year history, former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, June 5, came out with a new leadership structure packed with loyalists and old timers. This came at a time when the party is battling an existential crisis after its defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal.
According to TMC, senior leader Chandrima Bhattacharya has replaced veteran organiser Subrata Bakshi as the party’s state president.
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“As for our supreme leader, the Mamata ji, we will run the party exactly as she directs, and it will function according to her instructions. I will wholeheartedly strive to fulfil the responsibility she has entrusted to me,” Bhattacharya told media persons.
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#WATCH | Kolkata | On her appointment as the new State president, TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya says, "As for our supreme leader, the Mamata ji, we will run the party exactly as she directs, and it will function according to her instructions. I will wholeheartedly strive to… pic.twitter.com/iFuq3WlFG2
— ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2026
TMC’s organisational committee was announced after a meeting of its national executive at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence.
Notably, Abhishek Banerjee retained his post as national general secretary, while the party has appointed Rajya Sabha MPs Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen as national joint secretaries to assist him. The latest move is being looked upon as an attempt to institutionalise collective decision-making at the top.
The changes take place two days after the TMC dissolved all its committees and frontal organisations across West Bengal after a major revolt by a large section of its MLAs.
Subrata Bakshi has remained one of the architects of the TMC’s organisational expansion since the late 1990s and is considered among Mamata Banerjee’s most trusted political lieutenants. Bakshi has been shifted to the position of vice-president in the national working committee.
As per reports, Bakshi had been repeatedly asking the party to be relieved of organisational responsibilities because of age and health-related concerns.
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