&w=1200&resize=1200,0&ssl=1 "Why Union Funds 2025 ought to cowl sustainable waste administration – Firstpost")
‘We Stopped BJP, Why Could not You?’: TMC’s Poser After Congress Beating In Maharashtra – News18
Final Up to date:
Not solely did the Congress fail in arresting the BJP juggernaut in Maharashtra, however stood second in its personal alliance. Compared, the Trinamool Congress swept the bypolls in West Bengal, retaining 5 seats and wresting Madarihat from the BJP
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has known as for the Nationwide Govt Committee assembly of the TMC on Monday night to debate the technique for Winter Session of Parliament. (PTI/File)
Following the anti-climactic loss in Haryana, the poor efficiency in Maharashtra elections has additional eroded Congress’s standing because the de-facto chief of the INDIA bloc, with the Trinamool Congress flexing muscle tissue.
Not solely did the Congress fail in arresting the BJP juggernaut in Maharashtra, however stood second in its personal alliance. It gained simply 16 of the 101 seats it contested within the state, a dismal strike fee of 15.84%.
Compared, the Trinamool Congress swept the bypolls in West Bengal, retaining 5 seats and wresting Madarihat from the BJP, additional cementing its political dominance within the state. Its leaders didn’t neglect to remind the Congress of the identical, signalling rising unease throughout the alliance over grand previous social gathering’s ‘large brother’ standing.
“Mamata Banerjee has blocked the BJP in each election. Hemant Soren has additionally stopped the BJP in Jharkhand. However in Maharashtra, they (Congress) couldn’t cease the BJP. The Congress ought to analyse themselves. If it might occur in Bengal and Jharkhand, why did the Congress fail to cease the BJP in Haryana and Maharashtra? The Congress ought to analyse why it misplaced. Each time the accountability has fallen on Congress, it has been unable to cease the BJP,” mentioned TMC common secretary Kunal Ghosh.
The Trinamool Congress is a part of the INDIA bloc on the nationwide degree, however will not be in a seat-sharing settlement with the Congress within the state.
“The Trinamool convincingly gained all of the six Meeting seats that went for bypolls. Apart from the BJP, we had been additionally dealing with two of the INDIA bloc events, Congress and CPM, who put up candidates in each seat,” senior social gathering chief Derek O’Brien mentioned on Saturday.
Echoing his social gathering colleagues, TMC chief Jayprakash Majumdar mentioned: “The Congress must look into its organisation and coverage extra deeply, extra meaningfully. The TMC and Mamata Banerjee are on the forefront of defeating the BJP.”
It might be fascinating to see how the drubbing in Maharashtra impacts Congress’s equations with INDIA bloc companions, significantly the TMC, when the Winter Session of Parliament commences on November 25, Monday.
Chief Minister and social gathering supremo Mamata Banerjee has known as for the Nationwide Govt Committee assembly of the TMC at her residence on Monday night. Sources say the gathering — which might comprise committee members Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O’Brien, Sudip Banerjee and Susmita Dev — will focus on the social gathering’s Parliament technique. It should additionally delve into the technique for the West Bengal Meeting session and early preparations for the 2026 state elections.
