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 Trinamul Congress today brought out reported evidence against Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal, Deputy ECI Gyanesh Bharti and Special Observer Subrata Gupta.
Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Centre for bringing in the Women’s Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill. He was speaking at a public rally at Murshidabad, today.
There are some seats which are reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) in both parliamentary and assembly elections.
Speaking at a ‘Meet the Press’ programme at the Press Club here, Sarkar said the BJP and TMC were deliberately shaping a narrative of direct confrontation to divert attention from real public issues.
Addressing a packed rally at Temathani Pallishree ground in Sabang of West Midnapore district, Mr Banerjee foregrounded an alleged incident involving a young woman and her two-year-old child, claiming they were threatened by “BJP-backed elements”.
