Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said in a video message that she is not worried about starting from scratch again to regain her political relevance in West Bengal and the country. Her statement comes at a time when the Trinamool Congress, founded by her, has been virtually divided into three factions, with the faction led by her and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, now the “original but minority” faction in the party.On the other hand, the reb…
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Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) The rebel faction of Trinamool Congress led by Ritabrata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the committee constituted by it on June 22 is the only legitimate committee of the Trinamool Congress. Addressing a press conference, Ritabrata Banerjee, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, made the claim citing directives issued by an Alipore court in connection with a case. He also asserted that no committee other than theirs can claim to represent the Trinamo…
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) The rebel faction in Trinamool Congress under the leadership of the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee will be announcing its state and district committees in West Bengal on Saturday.This rebel faction in the Trinamool Congress, which is claiming to be the “real Trinamool Congress,” had last month announced its new national working committee nominating veteran party legislator Arup Roy as the national spokesperson instead of former West Bengal Chief Ministe…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The deadline for submission of documents to the Election Commission of India (ECI) office regarding the right to the Trinamool Congress name and election symbol by the two rival factions in the party — one led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, and the other, a rebel but majority faction, led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee — is ending at 5.30 p.m. on Monday.Now, after both factions have submitted their …
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Barring just a handful few, almost all the heavyweight former ministers in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led cabinet from 2011 to 2026 have deserted her and joined the “rebel majority” camp in Trinamool Congress led by expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, with the former West Bengal Minister of State for Finance (independent charge), Chandrima Bhattacharya, also the former state president, being the latest in the list.On Saturday afternoon, Bhattacharya, who w…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) As the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked both the factions of the Trinamool Congress to submit their responses by July 6 on the dispute over organisational elections and authorised signatories, the Mamata Banerjee-led camp is preparing a defence centred on two key arguments against the claim of the rival faction led by expelled party leader Ritabrata Banerjee.According to insiders in the Mamata camp, the first argument concerns the status of rebel legislators wh…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) With every passing day and supplementary claims of being the “real” Trinamool Congress coming from separate factions, Mamata Banerjee’s face as the leading light appears to be fading among rebel bloc members. Even as the Trinamool Congress began disintegrating after an adverse mandate in the West Bengal Assembly election this year, it appeared the larger ire of the rebels was aimed at party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. His aunt and founder-Chairperson Mamat…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) The ongoing tension between two rival camps in Trinamool Congress’s legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly escalated further on Friday with the “rebel but majority” faction led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee taking control of Trinamool Congress’s main party office at Metropolitan on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the city this evening. A team of legislators from the party’s “rebel but majority” faction led by Ritabrata, currently the official Leader…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The ECI has sought responses from Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee and expelled party leader Ritabrata Banerjee by July 6 over the claims and counterclaims by both factions headed by each of them over organisational elections/authorised signatories, official sources said on Thursday. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to both the leaders to submit their responses by 5.30 p.m. on July 6, said sources.The letters virtually coincided with a represen…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The majority faction of the Trinamool Congress’ Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, headed by the expelled party member Ritabrata Banerjee, on Thursday contended before the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) that their numerical superiority establishes their entitlement to the party’s name and election symbol.A ten-member delegation of the rebel legislators met the full bench of the ECI in the afternoon, and at the end of the meeting, Ritabrata…