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As the bitterly fought Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, stretched over seven phases, finally draw to a close on June 1, the contest will end fittingly with state capital Kolkata. Four of the nine constituencies which vote on Saturday fall within its geographical boundaries – Jadavpur, Dum Dum, Kolkata Dakshin and Kolkata Uttar – all held by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Two newly elected TMC MLAs – Rayat Hossain Sarkar and Sayantika Banerjee – waited on the West Bengal Legislative Assembly premises in Kolkata for their swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, However, officials said West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose refused to hold the programme in the assembly as requested by them, and instead left for New Delhi.
A NEW STANDOFF is underway between the ruling Trinamool Congress and Governor in West Bengal – this time over the swearing-in of two MLAs of the party who won in recent bypolls.
The Congress’s West Bengal unit seems to be in a dilemma. With the All India Congress Committee (AICC) leadership cosying up to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in a bid to unite the Opposition against the BJP in Parliament and outside, state Congress leaders have been left with little elbow room after having allied with the CPI(M)-led Left Front for several years. The CPI(M), in particular, has maintained its staunch opposition to the TMC.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to inaugurate a Jagannath temple in the coastal town of Digha in Purba Medinipur district in the first week of July. Sources in the state administration said she could inaugurate the temple on the first day of the Ratha Yatra festival, which begins on July 7.
On the eve of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) elections in September 2022, Bhaichung Bhutia who aspired to be the president was asked to describe the administrative and decision-making skills of his rival Kalyan Chaubey. Not willing to run down his former India teammate, Bhutia called him a “sweet guy, nice person” but did not rate his rival’s qualities.
Amid their euphoria over the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s resounding victory in the recent Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, there also seem to be concerns among the party leaders. This is mainly being attributed in the TMC circles to the point that in the Lok Sabha polls — in which the TMC bagged 29 seats out of 42 as against the BJP’s 12 — the party candidates trailed in the Assembly constituencies of several state ministers. The polls also saw the Opposition parties ahead in many wards of urban local bodies across the state.
At a time when internal differences in West Bengal BJP are out in the open, the question of who will take over the faction-ridden state unit has arisen following the appointment of current state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar as the Minister of State (MoS) in the Narendra Modi government.
From managing the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal to holding talks with other regional parties, Trinamool Congress (TMC) second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee’s image as the party’s national face has received a major boost following the party’s comfortable win in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. It has also helped him cement his position as the party’s biggest leader after his aunt and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, with some in the party even suggesting that he is at par with Mamata now when it comes to running the party.