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.
In a significant development amid growing internal tensions within the ruling Trinamul Congress in north Bengal, rebel councillor has been removed from the mayor-in-council of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation.
When the TMC government go t electorally ambushed on 4 May 2026, the focus could have immediately shifted to the immense potential that the newly installed government had in terms of meeting the aspirations of the populace in areas of income, employment and commercial endeavours.
Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government in West Bengal of fostering an atmosphere of political violence and fear, alleging that two workers of the All India Trinamool Congress died after being attacked by “BJP-backed goons” following the recent change of power in the state.
The ED has intensified its probe into alleged irregular municipal appointments in Bengal, with former minister Sujit Bose now facing money laundering allegations.
The Trinamool Congress on Monday told the Supreme Court that the number of voters deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal exceeded the margin of victory between BJP and TMC candidates in certain Assembly constituencies in the recently concluded state elections.
