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Ending weeks of silence, Mamata praises ‘original’ TMC supporters for not ‘seeking shelter in BJP’

Ending weeks of silence, Mamata praises ‘original’ TMC supporters for not ‘seeking shelter in BJP’

Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Saturday spoke after a long hiatus after her party’s rebellion fiasco following the Bengal poll debacle that ended in her ouster from power after 15 years. TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee shared a video message via her social media, in Kolkata on Saturday. (ANI) In a video message on Saturday, the former chief minister of Bengal reiterated her claim that the BJP won the elections in Bengal by poll rigging and that those associated with the TMC are being targeted in ‘broad daylight’. Track live updates on Mumbai weather “I saw that the BJP came to power by rigging votes. We all know this. They manipulated the EVMs, stole votes, and manipulated the counting process… Such terror has begun that those who support us, those who stand with us, our workers, thousands of them, are being targeted in broad daylight, even when there are no valid cases against them and without court orders,” Mamata said. Mamata’s message started with veiled dig at rebels of the TMC who stepped away from …

Rebel faction to mirror TMC hierarchy after joining Nationalist Citizens Party of India

Rebel faction to mirror TMC hierarchy after joining Nationalist Citizens Party of India

The 20 lawmakers who quit the Trinamool Congress to join the Nationalist Citizens Party of India –– and who have indicated their support for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance –– will mirror, in terms of their hierarchy in the new party, that of their former one. On Sunday, the rebels met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for a separate seating arrangement in the House, in New Delhi (Handout) “The discussions are going on. There is no change. The earlier arrangement would continue,” said Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, the face of the rebel MPs. According to two people familiar with the matter, Dastidar will be chief whip of the NCPI, a post she held for sometime in the TMC before being replaced by Kalyan Banerjee. Veteran MP Sudip Bandopadhyay, who was the TMC’s floor leader in the Lower House before fellow lawmaker Abhishek Banerjee succeeded him in August last year will be the new floor leader of the NCPI, and Shatabdi Roy will be nominated as the deputy leader, the two people added, asking not …