The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday sought responses from rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress regarding competing claims about the party’s organisational elections and authorised signatories, signalling the poll body’s intervention in the internal dispute.
In a press note, the Commission said it has written separate letters to Mamata Banerjee and party leader Ritabrata Banerjee regarding the “claims and counter claims by both factions with respect to organisational elections/authorised signatories of All India Trinamool Congress.”
“The Election Commission of India has written letters to both Ms Mamta Banerjee and Mr Ritabrata Banerjee regarding the claims and counter claims by both factions with respect to organisational elections/authorised signatories of All India Trinamool Congress,” the ECI said in its statement.
The Commission said both sides have been directed to submit their responses by 5.30 pm on Monday, July 6, 2026. “They have been asked to submit their responses by 5:30 PM on Monday, July 06, 2026,” the poll panel added.
The development came amid a dispute within the Trinamool Congress over the party’s organisational structure and the authority to act on its behalf before the Election Commission. Such disputes are governed by the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, under which the Commission examines rival claims, supporting documents and submissions from the contending factions before taking a decision, where necessary.
The ECI has not expressed any view on the merits of the rival claims and has sought written responses from both factions before proceeding further in the matter.