‘Those unwilling to stay can quit now’: Mamata Banerjee at TMC review meeting

With several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders turning rebellious after the Mamata Banerjee-led party’s defeat against the BJP in the recently concluded 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, party supremo and former chief minister Mamata Banerjee has conveyed a clear message that those unwilling to stay amid the crisis were free to leave immediately.

“A review meeting on the reasons for the defeat was conducted on Monday. There, the former Chief Minister gave a clear message that those leaders and workers who are thinking of quitting the Trinamool Congress could do so immediately and she would not make even the minimum effort to stop them. She also said that those who continue to remain with the party during this moment of crisis will emerge as pure gold assets and, with them, she would rebuild the Trinamool Congress,” IANS quoted a party leader, who attended the meeting and requested anonymity, as saying.

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The TMC leader shared that Banerjee has sought a detailed report from the party leadership within the next seven days on restarting area-based public outreach programmes.

At the same time, the TMC chief has asked party leaders to begin block-level, town-level as well as area-level meetings wherever possible in the changed political scenario in the state.

Further, she has asked district leaders to submit a list of people allegedly displaced from their homes in the post-poll situation. The list needs to be sent directly to her at her Kalighat residence-cum-office in south Kolkata, according to IANS.

Also, she has entrusted former West Bengal Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya, who is also a legal practitioner, to oversee the process of extending legal assistance to people allegedly displaced because of post-poll violence.

“She also made it very clear that she continues to be the final authority in organisational matters in the Trinamool Congress. She also said that in case of any grievances, party leaders should express them within the party instead of making public statements or speaking to the media,” the TMC leader added.

In the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, the BJP bagged 207 seats, marking an end to TMC government’s 15-year rule. The Mamata Banerjee-led party was restricted to 80 seats.