Abhishek Banerjee To Be Mamata’s Successor? Here is What Bengal CM Says | India Information
Kolkata: Amidst the continuing inside wrestle throughout the Trinamool Congress between veteran leaders and the Younger Turks, West Bengal Chief Minister and occasion chief Mamata Banerjee stated any determination relating to her successor can be made collectively by the occasion management relatively than by her personally.
In an interview with Bengali information channel Information 18 Bangla on Friday, Banerjee dismissed notions of particular person dominance, asserting, “I’m not the occasion; we’re the occasion. It’s a collective household, and selections might be made collectively.” Requested about her potential successor, Banerjee deflected the query with a counter-query to the interviewer, “Who’s your successor?”
She went on to make clear that the TMC is a disciplined occasion the place no particular person will dictate phrases. “The occasion will determine what’s finest for the folks. Now we have MLAs, MPs, sales space staff, it is a joint effort,” she stated. On the controversy about outdated versus new within the occasion, Banerjee maintained a balanced method, stating, “Everyone seems to be necessary. As we speak’s newcomer might be tomorrow’s veteran.
Whereas TMC has not formally declared any succession plans, Banerjee’s comment comes amidst an ongoing tussle between the outdated guards, thought of loyal to Mamata Banerjee, and the next-generation leaders, thought of near Abhishek Banerjee. Abhishek Banerjee is TMC’s nationwide common secretary and nephew of Mamata Banerjee.
Banerjee didn’t mince phrases whereas addressing the position of political consultants, taking an oblique jibe at I-PAC, which has been working as TMC’s political marketing consultant since 2019.
“Some strategists make surveys sitting at house and alter them later. They’ll organize issues however not carry voters. It is the sales space staff who know the villages and individuals who truly win elections,” she remarked, including, “They’re like artisans who do their work in alternate for cash. However elections aren’t received by them.”
