Speculation is rife that Anubrata Mondal, alias Kesto, one of the heavyweight Trinamul Congress (TMC) leader in Birbhum for the past two decades, is poised to switch allegiance to the rebel Ritabrata Banerjee camp in a bid to avoid imminent arrest in connection with post-poll violence and cash loot cases of 2021.
An election agent of the BJP candidate, Debashish Ojha, in booth number 288 in the Bhramarkol gram panchayat area in Labhpur assembly seat, Biswajit Mondal, suffered a serious head injury during clashes.
The ancestral house of Anubrata Mondal in Hatserandi village, Birbhum district, is receiving a fresh coat of paint ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja festival.
Following a meeting with Trinamul Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee at Ranga Bitan Guest House in Bolpur, Anubrata Mondal, former Birbhum district president of the party, has been appointed convenor of the district’s core committee.
Anubrata Mondal has been reappointed as the chairman of the State Rural Development Authority (SRDA), a position he held continuously until 2019.
After almost a gap of two years, Anubrata Mondal is back at the centrestage of Birbhum politics. He has been inducted into the core committee of Trinamul Congress unanimously by the members, thus expanding the membership to seven after the meeting today.
After almost two years, Anubrata Mondal is present at the famous Kali Puja in the TMC party office in Bolpur. Several female supporters gathered at the party office and drew rangoli for the puja.
Anubrata Mondal walked into the party office after two years on Wednesday, the Trinamul Congress has made it clear that the core committee will continue to run the party organization in the district.
Anubrata Mondal, the Birbhum district president of Trinamul Congress has got bail from the Rouse Court in Delhi today in the cross-border cattle smuggling case by the Enforcement Department.
As per the CBI investigation, over 20,000 cattle heads had been seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) between 2015 and 2017 as they were being smuggled across the border.
