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After the crushing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, the internal situation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) seems to be completely deteriorating. As soon as he was out of power, voices of rebellion and protest started coming out openly from within the party. In this series, TMC’s Uluberia East MLA Ritabrata Banerjee has opened a front against her own party and the famous election strategy making agency I-PAC, which has created a stir in the politics of Bengal.
‘I will not carry the burden of corruption’ – MLA Ritabrata Bando
According to media reports, MLA Ritabrata Bando has directly put the party leadership in the dock. He said clearly, “I will take 15 days, but I will not carry the burden of this corruption any longer. There is huge corruption in the housing scheme in Uluberia and many fake houses have been built. When I informed the party about this, I was clearly told to remain silent.”
The MLA further said that he will no longer work with any ‘dishonest’ person. He announced, “I will no longer sit in the Uluberia Municipality, but will sit in the broken office of the honest councilor.”
Serious questions also raised on election strategist agency I-PAC
MLA Ritabrata’s anger is not only directed at the party leaders but also at I-PAC, the agency that oversees Mamata Banerjee’s election strategy. He alleged that I-PAC had also advised him to suppress corruption cases.
Venting his anger, the MLA said, “To talk to the big babus of I-PAC, one had to wait continuously like a pilgrim. It was he who told me not to talk about corruption during the elections, otherwise it would be difficult. Later, I was also told that we can talk about the local people, but there will be no talk against the people of the level above him.”
More than half of the MLAs were missing from TMC’s first big protest, heartbeats increased
The direct effect of this internal strife is visible on the streets also. Trinamool Congress had organized its first major protest on Wednesday after its defeat in the Assembly elections 2026. The protest in front of the statue of BR Ambedkar in the Assembly complex was against the alleged violence in the state, the campaign of eviction and the action of bulldozers.
But this protest came into discussion more because of the factionalism of the party MLAs than because of its demands. According to media reports, out of total 80 TMC MLAs, only 35 MLAs came to participate in this dharna, while 45 MLAs remained missing from the entire program. This restlessness within the TMC, which is sitting on the opposition bench after being ousted from power after 15 years, is now coming to the fore. However, senior leaders like Shobhandev Chattopadhyay, Kunal Ghosh and Nayana Banerjee were present in this strike.
Disintegration on the very next day of Kalighat meeting!
This absence of party MLAs has also become a topic of discussion in political circles because just a day before this, a high-level meeting of TMC was held in Kalighat, South Kolkata. In this meeting, all the leaders had united and resolved to take to the streets again and do aggressive politics, but the next day more than half of the MLAs stayed away from the protest.
The party denied differences, gave this clarification
On this entire matter, opposition leader candidate and senior TMC MLA Shobhandev Chattopadhyay has clearly denied any kind of differences or factionalism in the party.
Giving clarification on the low number of MLAs, he said, “Only about 35 MLAs could attend today’s program because many MLAs are busy in helping the workers affected by the violence in their respective areas after the elections. Apart from this, this program was organized on a short notice of just one day, due to which it was not possible for the MLAs living in remote and far-flung areas to reach Kolkata so soon.”