The Trinamool Congress on Saturday appointed MP Abhishek Banerjee as the party’s general secretary. Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, will step down from the position of president of the party’s youth wing.
West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee made the announcement at a press conference after a working committee meeting of the party. Chatterjee said that Abhishek Banerjee will resign from his post as the youth wing president as the party has decided to adopt a “one person, one post” policy.
Actor Saayoni Ghosh, who unsuccessfully contested the recent Assembly elections in the state, will take over as the youth wing chief. Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has been appointed the women’s wing president.
Bengal election: TMC asks EC to club last three phases of polling again
Bengal election: TMC asks EC to club last three phases of polling again
In light of the Covid situation in the country, the All India Trinamool Congress urged the Election Commission to club the remaining three phases of polling in the West Bengal election and conduct it on one day. This is the second time the TMC is making this request.
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UPDATED: April 23, 2021 00:32 IST
In light of the Covid situation in the country, the TMC urged the Election Commission to club the remaining three phases of polling in the West Bengal election. (Photo: PTI file)
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo)
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress and BJP both moved the Election Commission on Saturday, seeking an investigation into the leaked audio tape of a purported conversation between Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her party’s Sitalkuchi candidate Partha Pratim Ray after the CISF firing in which four people died.
While Trinamool sought action for “violation of the right to privacy” under various sections of the Indian Telegraph Act, IT Act and the IPC, BJP demanded a probe into “how and by whom the tape was made viral to solicit votes on religious lines, which is prohibited under the model code of conduct.” In its written complaint to the EC, a Trinamool delegation led by Yashwant Sinha, Derek O’Brien and Purnendu Basu said the purported phone conversation between Mamata and Ray was played by BJP during a presser at its office in the presence of BJP’s IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya and MP Locket Chatterjee.
Trinamool Writes To Election Panel After BJP Leaks Mamata Banerjee Audio Trinamool Writes To Election Panel After BJP Leaks Mamata Banerjee Audio Mamata Banerjee s party has hit out at the BJP, claiming the rival party distorted the content of the audio clip to spread disinformation.
Updated: April 17, 2021 5:22 pm IST
Mamata Banerjee purported conversation with Partha Pratim Ray has sparked a controversy (File)
New Delhi:
The Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission seeking action against the BJP for allegedly recording and leaking an audio clip of party leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s conversation with Trinamool candidate Partha Pratim Ray.