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”.
Calling for a consolidation of “Rashtrawadi Muslims” and “Sanatani Hindus,” Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday intensified the party’s campaign in North Bengal, pitching for a decisive mandate in favour of the BJP.
On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned for BJP candidates at an election rally in Suri, Thursday, a group of minority community voters in Birbhum district switched allegiance from the Trinamul Congress (TMC) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Releasing the BJP's election manifesto ‘Sankalpa Patra’ on Thursday, Union home minister Amit Shah promised decisive action against “15 years of corruption, lawlessness and political violence” in West Bengal.
Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of Trinamul Congress criticised the Union home minister, Amit Shah, for not tendering an apology for the deletion of more than 90 lakh names from the electoral rolls.
In a clear sign of the high-stakes battle unfolding ahead of the Assembly elections in North Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a concerted drive to rein in Independent candidates ~ seen as potential disruptors capable of splitting its core vote base and unsettling electoral prospects.
