Defeated Trinamool Congress leaders found themselves in a difficult position on Friday after party chief Mamata Banerjee said those wanting to leave were free to do so, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided to stop all new inductions for at least three months. Former West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee speaks during a meeting with the party’s contesting candidates at Kalighat, in Kolkata on Friday. (@AITCofficial X/ANI) According to people familiar with the matter, the former CM called defeated candidates to her Kalighat residence for a closed-door meeting to analyse the May 4 results, but expressed anguish at some of them for making anti-TMC remarks and holding Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), the party’s strategy consultant, responsible for the defeat. “Mamata said she would not stop anyone from leaving TMC and joining any other party. She said she would start from scratch if required,” one of the defeated candidates, who was present at the meeting, said on condition of anonymity. “She said she and Abhishek Banerjee would go through feedback from all …