Abhishek Banerjee stays Gen Secy, but with two joint secys

Abhishek Banerjee will continue as the Trinamool Congress's national general secretary, but the party has appointed two loyalists as joint secretaries. This move is widely interpreted as party chief Mamata Banerjee curtailing the authority of her nephew amid internal dissent.

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Abhishek Banerjee will remain the national general secretary. Derek O’Brien, the TMC parliamentary leader in Rajya Sabha, and Dola Sen, TMC’s Rajya Sabha member, have been appointed as national joint secretaries. They will assist Abhishek Banerjee.

Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, both Rajya Sabha members, will assist Banerjee in their new roles as national joint secretaries. The appointments come after the TMC's significant defeat in the recent West Bengal assembly elections and amidst growing opposition to Banerjee's leadership from within the party's ranks.

This internal turmoil is reflected in the state assembly, where 58 rebel TMC leaders were recently recognized as the principal opposition party. Expelled TMC members Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha were appointed leader and deputy leader of the opposition, respectively.

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The TMC’s state committee has been reconstituted with a series of new appointments.

Speculation is also rife about potential rifts within the TMC's parliamentary contingent. In response to the internal challenges, Mamata Banerjee held a meeting of the party’s national working committee. The state committee has been reconstituted, with Subrata Bakshi replaced by Chandrima Bhattacharya as state president due to Bakshi's illness. Several other appointments were made across various party wings.

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The TMC party will disintegrate in the next few days. It is just a matter of time. Mamata will be left all alone.