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After facing a crushing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, the situation within the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has now reached a very critical and explosive point. The anger suppressed within the party for years has now started coming out openly on the streets and in the media. The very close and senior leaders of Mamata Banerjee have now directly opened a front against their ‘supremo’ and have started demanding her removal from the party leadership. This internal rebellion has come to light at a time when TMC is facing huge dissatisfaction and resentment at the level of councilors to MPs. Recently, many prominent leaders including MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar have given a big blow to the high command by resigning from their posts.
‘What has failed should be changed’, sharp words of Mamta’s 4 decade old colleague
Kolkata Municipal Corporation councilor Tarak Singh, who is considered Mamata Banerjee’s oldest political ally and is about 4 decades old, is extremely angry at the moment. What he said during a recent media interview has created a stir within the entire party. Without any fear, Tarak Singh has directly demanded change in the top leadership of the party. Along with this, he has also expressed his strong displeasure against Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee. However, at present there has been no official response from the TMC leadership regarding this open rebellion.
Tarak Singh said on record in the interview – ‘At the most we will expel him from the party, I don’t care’
During a conversation with a well-known Bengali news channel ‘ABP Anand’, when Tarak Singh was directly asked what changes he wanted to see in the party, he replied in a very aggressive tone.
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Question: What do you want to change within the party?
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Tarak Singh: “The people who are leading today are the ones I want to directly replace.”
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Question: Are you pointing directly towards Mamata Banerjee?
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Tarak Singh: “Yes, of course. I am saying this completely on record. Am I afraid of anyone? The leadership which has completely failed, which cannot stand with its grassroots workers in times of crisis, what will it do next?”
When he was asked about the role of Abhishek Banerjee, he said, “I don’t have anything to say about him (Abhishek) personally. I don’t have to say anything because I am against the original person (Mamata Banerjee) who has made Abhishek so big by bringing him into politics. What is the maximum action the party can take against me? Can throw me out of the party. So throw me out, it doesn’t matter to me.”
Shantanu Sen also got angry, resigned from the post of national spokesperson
Amidst this open rebellion of Tarak Singh, another big face of TMC and former Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Sen has also increased the problems of Mamata Banerjee by resigning from the post of national spokesperson of the party on Thursday. In his resignation, Sen has expressed deep disappointment over the ongoing corruption within the party.
He wrote, “Despite being a loyal soldier of TMC since its inception, I do not find it morally right to now publicly defend the controversies and scams related to the party. In many extremely difficult situations when even my own conscience was not testifying, I have always strongly defended the party in television debates and media platforms, for which I had to face huge criticism and anger from the general public.”
Mentioned about RG tax scandal and job scam – ‘Now conscience does not testify’
Making very serious allegations in his resignation letter, Shantanu Sen said that due to the painful incident of RG Kar Medical College, teacher recruitment (job) scam and various types of unethical activities and corruption, the people of Bengal have now completely rejected Trinamool Congress. In such a situation, my conscience does not allow me to sit on TV and support these wrong and immoral things as a spokesperson. Political analysts believe that this contradiction that started after losing the elections can take TMC to the brink of complete disintegration in the coming days.
