TMC appoints Assembly coordinators in West Burdwan

Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) has taken a significant organisational step to strengthen its structure in West Burdwan district.

West Burdwan has nine Assembly constituencies — Asansol North, Asansol South, Kulti, Barabani, Jamuria, Raniganj, Pandaveswar, Durgapur West and Durgapur East. At present, the BJP holds three seats — Asansol South, Durgapur West and Kulti — while the TMC holds the remaining six. The party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, has set a target of winning all nine seats in the 2026 Assembly elections.

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To this end, the TMC has appointed four Assembly-level coordinators to oversee the nine constituencies in the district. According to party sources, the appointments are aimed at energising the organisation at the grassroots, strengthening booth-level coordination, and accelerating organisational activities in the run-up to the polls.

The coordinators and their respective responsibilities are as follows: Pradip Majumdar, state panchayat minister, will coordinate Durgapur East and Durgapur West; Malay Ghatak, state minister for law, judiciary and labour, will oversee Kulti and Asansol North; V Sivadasan, popularly known as Dasu and State Party Secretary, will coordinate Barabani, Jamuria and Pandaveswar; and Tapas Banerjee, MLA, will be responsible for Raniganj and Asansol South.

The party leadership hopes that these new organisational responsibilities will further strengthen the Trinamool Congress’s structure in West Burdwan district and have a positive impact on its performance in the forthcoming Assembly elections.