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 (TMC) is focusing on development issues in the Champdany Assembly constituency, while accusing the BJP of pushing thousands of jute mill workers and their families into uncertainty over their livelihoods.
Dum Dum Assembly constituency is one of those seats where the Trinamul Congress is confident of its victory.
The Income Tax department on Friday raided multiple premises including the residence of Trinamul Congress MLA Debasish Kumar as well as the homes and offices of two other leaders of the party, triggering political tension in the Assembly elections.
As many as 345 candidates, or 23 per cent, of the 1,475 analysed in the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal have various criminal cases pending against them, according to data culled from candidate affidavits by an all-India based non-government organisation.
The Trinamul Congress (TMC) is focusing on development issues in the Champdany Assembly constituency, while accusing the BJP of pushing thousands of jute mill workers and their families into uncertainty over their livelihoods.
