TMC 2.0 is born, but will it find a place in the Sun?
It's official now, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) party has split, with the majority of 59 out of 80 MLAs opting out of the party founded and led by Mamata Banerjee.
It's official now, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) party has split, with the majority of 59 out of 80 MLAs opting out of the party founded and led by Mamata Banerjee.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday likened the escalating turmoil within the Trinamul Congress to the political rebellion that split Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena, alleging that an “Eknath Shinde model” was unfolding in Bengal as a fraction of rebel legislators challenged the party leadership.
Speculation is rife in the national capital that West Bengal could soon witness a political upheaval similar to the Maharashtra model? There are indications that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) might face an internal divide the way Shiv Sena underwent a split in 2022.
West Bengal BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamul Congress (TMC), describing its 15-year rule in the state as a “nightmare”.
Veteran Trinamul Congress (TMC) leader Ashish Banerjee, former MLA of Rampurhat and former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, has resigned from his posts as district chairman and chairman of the Birbhum district core committee.
The murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath has intensified Bengal’s political tensions, with BJP alleging conspiracy and TMC backing a court-monitored CBI probe.
In the recently concluded Assembly polls in West Bengal, there are at least 18 constituencies where the winning margin is less than 5,000 votes ~ a figure that roughly translates to just about 2 per cent considering the fact the size of the electorate in most of the 294 constituencies is more than 2 lakh.
A blame game has erupted within the Trinamul Congress following its electoral debacle in North Bengal, with several senior leaders openly questioning the party’s internal functioning and leadership decisions.
For the first time in more than five decades, eastern India stands at the threshold of political alignment, policy stability, and economic possibility.
He said he was given a ministerial post but no real responsibilities, calling his role in the sports department meaningless and controlled. Tiwary also alleged his proposals were blocked.
