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 ballots may have been cast, but in parts of North Bengal, the real drama unfolded after polling ended ~ on dark village roads, outside strong rooms, and under the unblinking gaze of mobile phone cameras.
The Supreme Court on Friday lauded the record voter turnout of around 92 per cent in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly election held on Thursday, 23 April, noting with satisfaction that the elections were largely peaceful with only stray incidents reported.
Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that the massive voter turnout in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections reflects a strong mandate for change, claiming it indicates that people are ready to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the state.
While the BJP has gone on record claiming it was a vote "to oust the Mamata Banerjee government", the TMC Supremo tweeted on Friday "I saw people turn out with clear intent, determined, united and ready to defend Bengal."
With such high voter turnout, the Trinamul Congress stands a greater chance of forming the government for the fourth consecutive time, party spokesperson and candidate Kunal Ghosh said on Thursday.
