In a political converging point that happens rarely, both the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have received the recent Supreme Court order on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with open arms, terming it as a “victory of the rural poor” and a “reminder of the government’s responsibility to its people.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday demanded the dissolution of the Lok Sabha and fresh elections, alleging large-scale irregularities in the country’s voter lists.
In a significant move to enforce party discipline, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) accepted the resignation of senior Parliament member Kalyan Banerjee from his position as Lok Sabha Chief Whip.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has handed her nephew and the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee charge of the party’s Lok Sabha unit amid a fresh public slanging match between its lawmakers Mahua Moitra and Kalyan Banerjee.
Even as it continues its more than a decade long tenure as West Bengal’s ruling dispensation, Trinamool Congress cannot be called a structured political outfit where decisions taken by consensus are made into public policies. But of late, some organisational changes are being carried out like formation of core committee which indicate a small step towards collective decision making though in reality party supremo, Mamata Banerjee the principal vote catcher continues to call the shots.
A day after threatening to pull out of the Parliamentary delegation traveling to several countries to brief on Operation Sindoor, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee nominated her nephew and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee to represent the party.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker and former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan on Monday withdrew his name from the all-party delegation that will visit international capitals disseminating India’s stance on Operation Sindoor across the globe. Trinamool is the only party so far to withdraw its MP from the delegation.
