Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, has decided to keep her nephew and party Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, as the party’s general secretary. However, she has appointed the party’s Rajya Sabha members, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, as deputy general secretaries. This move indicates that Abhishek Banerjee will no longer have sole authority in making organizational decisions.
On the same day, the Trinamool Congress state unit in West Bengal underwent significant restructuring. Subrata Bakshi, the former state president of the party in West Bengal, stepped down due to age-related health issues. Chandrima Bhattacharya, a former West Bengal Minister of State for Finance, has taken over this position.
In the reshuffle, Sajda Ahmed, Mamata Bala Thakur, Nay Bandopadhyay, and Swait Khondkar have been appointed as vice-presidents of the state unit. Additionally, Babar Ali, Pulak Roy, Ashima Patra, Aroop Biswas, and Rajib Banerjee are now state general secretaries. Notably, Ashima Patra is an existing Trinamool Congress legislator.
The executive members of the state committee now include Jyotipriyo Mullick, Dr. Rana Chatterjee, Bidesh Bose, Trinankur Bhattacharjee, Jaya Dutta, Tapas Chatterjee, Vasundhara Goswamy, and Goutam Deb. Sayoni Ghosh and Madhurima Thakur have been appointed as the president and general secretary, respectively, of the Trinamool Congress youth wing.
Mala Roy has been named the president of the women’s wing, while Priyanka Adhikary is the general secretary of the student’s wing. Moloy Ghatak has been appointed as the president of the party’s trade union wing. Becharam Manna and Purnendu Bose will lead the farmers’ and agricultural workers’ wings. Chandrima Bhattacharya, Kalyan Banerjee, Madan Mitra, and Kunal Ghosh will continue as the party’s spokespersons.
