TMC SUPREMO and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday removed Birbhum strongman Kajal Sheikh and MPs Satabdi Roy and Asit Kumar Mal among five from the party’s district core committee. While Roy is the MP from the Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency, Mal represents the Bolpur seat. The decision was taken in a meeting held at the CM’s Kolkata residence, it is learnt. Party second-in-command and MP Abhishek Banerjee was not present in the meeting. The party, CM Banerjee said, will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the district the way it did under now jailed party leader Anubrata Mondal in the previous polls. She, however, retained Assembly Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee, minister Chandranath Sinha, MLAs Bikash Roy Chowdhury and Abhijit Singha Roy, and party leader Sudipta Ghosh as core committee members. The CM has since January 2 started meetings with district leaders in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, she had convened meetings with leaders from Purba Medinipur and Murshidabad districts. As to why Abhishek Banerjee was not present in the meeting, Satabdi …