TMC’s Large Bengal Organisational Overhaul: What Does It All Imply Forward Of 2026 State Polls? – News18
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Based on occasion insiders, two key developments stand out: elimination of Sudip Bandyopadhyay as president of North Kolkata and Anubrata Mondal as president of Birbhum
TMC’s nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee had declared on July 21 final 12 months that the occasion would evaluate the efficiency of all leaders following the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and take needed disciplinary motion. Sources verify that Abhishek performed a evaluate and submitted an in depth report back to occasion supremo Mamata Banerjee, which has influenced lots of the modifications. File pic/PTI
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) carried out a serious organisational reshuffle on Friday, appointing 11 new district presidents and 12 new district chairmen. Based on occasion insiders, two key developments stand out: the elimination of Sudip Bandyopadhyay because the president of North Kolkata and Anubrata Mondal because the president of Birbhum.
Veteran TMC chief and Lok Sabha occasion chief Sudip Bandyopadhyay has now been appointed because the district chairperson of North Kolkata. The district shall be managed by a nine-member core committee, which incorporates senior MLAs similar to Atin Ghosh and Supti Pandey. Notably, Kunal Ghosh, who has been actively concerned in North Kolkata affairs and has typically opposed Bandyopadhyay, is absent from the committee.
There shall be no new district president for North Kolkata, which is a big improvement.
This isn’t the primary time Bandyopadhyay has been faraway from this place. Years in the past, he was changed by Tapas Roy (now with the Bharatiya Janata Celebration). At the moment, sources say Bandyopadhyay was deeply upset and personally appealed to TMC chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to reinstate him, which was profitable. His elimination this time is, subsequently, thought of a serious step by the occasion management.
As soon as thought of the strongman of TMC within the Birbhum district, Anubrata Mondal has now been moved to a core committee position. Birbhum, lengthy synonymous together with his affect in TMC politics, is not going to have a district president going ahead. Throughout Mondal’s time in jail, Mamata Banerjee had appointed a committee to supervise the district. After securing bail, Mondal was requested to work with the committee, however in line with insiders, he didn’t cooperate absolutely. His elimination from the highest submit is being seen as one other important step on this reshuffle.
In one other improvement, TMC MP Mahua Moitra has retained her place because the president of Krishnanagar, regardless of not having fun with broad assist inside the occasion.
TMC’s nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee had declared on July 21 final 12 months that the occasion would evaluate the efficiency of all leaders following the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and take needed disciplinary motion. Sources verify that Abhishek performed a evaluate and submitted an in depth report back to occasion supremo Mamata Banerjee, which has influenced lots of the modifications.
One notable omission is that no district president has been named for Barasat, which was beforehand headed by MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. Equally, no president has been introduced for the Darjeeling plains.
Mamata Banerjee has additionally appointed Chaitali Sarkar, spouse of murdered Trinamool chief Dulal (Babla) Sarkar, because the occasion’s head in Malda. This too is a big step, say occasion insiders, as there are a number of factions within the Malda unit. On January 2, Englishbazar Ward 22 councillor Dulal Sarkar was gunned down by armed criminals in a store close to his plywood manufacturing facility in Malda’s Jhaljhalia space. Police arrested 5 youths, all of whom are of their early twenties and suspected of being contract killers.
In districts like Howrah and Medinipur, the return of skilled leaders has been noticed, with Arup Roy and Ajit Maity being appointed as district presidents. Based on sources, Ajit Maity’s appointment got here on the request of MP Dev.
Apparently, whereas some leaders had been included in numerous core committees, Kunal Ghosh—regardless of being a common secretary of the occasion—was not given such a job, a call that has raised eyebrows inside occasion circles.
Sources counsel that Mamata Banerjee made a number of selections on this reshuffle based mostly on Abhishek Banerjee’s inner report. The brand new listing seems to be a calculated mixture of senior and newer faces, reflecting an effort to steadiness expertise with contemporary vitality. Consultants describe it as a deliberate “mix-and-match” method.
TMC’s major goal is to win the 2026 Bengal meeting elections. Whether or not or not everybody agrees, it’s evident that faith is anticipated to be a serious problem in that election, and this new group shall be instrumental in managing the marketing campaign.
Celebration sources point out that extra modifications are possible on the block degree, the place particular person efficiency would be the key criterion for appointments.
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