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 TMC is fighting a civil war. Fifty-eight MLAs on one side, Mamata Banerjee on the other. Now one of her loyalists says the BJP government is picking winners through selective arrests. The Taratala case is the latest flashpoint.
The party offices of Trinamul Congress and its trade union wing, the INTTUC, and students wing the TMCP, which were set up illegally, encroaching upon Central and state government lands, have been demolished after the BJP government came to power.
The six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs, who defied the party whip by skipping a crucial parliamentary party meeting last week, ended all speculation about their future on Monday by announcing their split from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party.
Party sources claim that a significant portion of this sum was spent for party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's air travel to various places.
Senior Trinamul Congress leader and Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh on Friday publicly questioned the use of party funds for chartered flights, triggering fresh political discussion over the travel arrangements of the party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.
