The much-awaited BJP legislature party meeting in Goa is set to be held on Monday. The party leadership is likely to announce who will be the next chief minister of the state tomorrow.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee won a major vote of confidence from the Trinamool boss on Friday, renewing his hold on the party's No. 2 position, after weeks of internal wrangling.
In an effort to diffuse the rift within the party, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the new National Working Committee at a meeting held at her residence here, where she not only struck a balance between the .
Many saw the reshuffle as reflecting reports of friction between Ms Banerjee and her nephew, who is effectively the party's second in command. But it has also been seen as a move by the Chief Minister to ward off a potential civil war just as she is poised to solidify her national ambitions.
In a significant development, Trinamool Congress Chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dissolved all the existing posts in the party and formed a 20-member national working committee after holding a meeting with some senior party leaders at her Kalighat residence. The name of the new office-bearers will later be announced by Banerjee herself.