Amid ED heat, Madan Mitra resigns from TMC hours after ‘rebel’ camp visit
Madan Mitra is being examined over allegations that he facilitated appointments in municipal bodies in exchange for money and gold.
Madan Mitra is being examined over allegations that he facilitated appointments in municipal bodies in exchange for money and gold.
The rebel Trinamool camp is rapidly building its own power structure across West Bengal, appointing district leaders and a new spokesperson team. Anubrata Mondal's return to lead Birbhum has emerged as the biggest highlight.
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.
The development was formally confirmed on Saturday following a meeting of the newly constituted state committee of the rebel outfit, where district-level organisational appointments were announced.
Susmita Dev ever reasoned that she was impressed by the work done by the Himanta Biswa Sarma government in neighbouring Assam and intends to work under his guidance.
The Trinamool Congress on Friday threw its weight behind Bombay High Court judge Justice Madhav Jamdar following his landmark ruling quashing a one-year externment order against political activist Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary, with the party describing the judgment as a reaffirmation of constitutional liberties and judicial independence.
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.
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday strongly condemned the alleged attack on party's MP Mahua Moitra.
BJP leader Abhijit Das lodged a fresh complaint alleging large-scale irregularities and violations in the conduct of these medical camps.
In 2022, TMC delegates voted to make Mamata Banerjee chairperson for life. The rebel faction replaced her with Arup Roy on June 22 without convening a single conference. Four police complaints followed within a day.
