Mamata Banerjee’s loyalist Anubrata Mandal joins Ritabrata-led insurgent faction, named Birbhum district president
West Bengal Chief of Opposition (LoP) Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday introduced the appointment of district presidents for his faction, naming former Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Anubrata Mandal because the president of Birbhum district.
Mandal, as soon as thought of an in depth aide of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a Birbhum strongman, formally joined the insurgent camp led by Ritabrata Banerjee, dealing a recent setback to the TMC.
Addressing the press convention right here, Ritabrata “We have now appointed the Presidents of assorted districts. Prasun Banerjee has been made the President of Malda District, Debashis Kumar of South Kolkata District, Sandipan Saha of North Kolkata District and Anubrata Mandal of the Birbhum District,” he mentioned.
Hypothesis over Mandal’s swap had been circulating for a while, however it was confirmed after Ritabrata Banerjee introduced the brand new district management, naming him because the faction’s Birbhum district chief.
Earlier, Ritabrata introduced the structure of a brand new management construction for the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Committee and appointed Arup Roy as its chairperson.
In addition they constituted a 30-member Nationwide Working Committee (NWC), whereas reiterating that he needed Mamata Banerjee to play the function of mentor within the TMC.
He mentioned the 30-member committee contains Firhad Hakim, Arup Biswas, Rathin Ghosh, Sabina Yasmin, Javed Khan, Sandipan Saha and others, whereas Firhad Hakim, Arup Biswas, Rathin Ghosh and Sabina Yasmin have been appointed as vice-presidents.
Earlier, TMC suffered setback as three outstanding former Rajya Sabha MPs, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev, and Prakash Chik Baraik, defected to the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP).
The leaders had been formally inducted on the BJP’s state headquarters within the presence of West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya and different senior celebration officers. Inside hours of induction into the celebration, the BJP fielded them for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypolls in West Bengal.
The bypolls can be held on July 24 with counting of votes on the identical day, after the seats fell vacant following the resignations of the three former TMC leaders final month.
