The Trinamul Congress (TMC) on Friday announced a major organisational overhaul at its national working committee meeting held at the party headquarters in Kalighat, appointing senior minister Chandrima Bhattacharya as the new president of the West Bengal Pradesh Trinamul Congress.
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”.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien on Wednesday mounted a sharp attack on the Centre, accusing it of attempting to “mock the Constitution, Parliament, and the women of this country” by using women’s reservation as a pretext to advance what he described as a “devious” delimitation agenda.
In a surprising turn of events ahead of polls, Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidate Saokat Molla’s visit to the residence of BJP nominee Jayanta Gayen in Bhangar on Tuesday morning has sparked a political controversy, with Opposition parties alleging a “tacit understanding” between the two rivals.
Setting the tone for an increasingly polarised electoral battle in West Bengal, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of pursuing a politics of “detention and deprivation”, positioning the Trinamul Congress (TMC) as a guarantor of “security and welfare” ahead of the Assembly polls.
Chowringhee Assembly Constituency is headed for a tough two-cornered battle between continuity and a wave of change, this election.
A chilling incident unfolded early Monday morning when a bullet-riddled body of a 37-year-old man was recovered from a locked flat in the Narendrapur area of South 24-Parganas, raising suspicions of murder linked to a strained personal relationship.
