Stressed one of her close associates, "The party is registered with the Election Commission as All India Trinamool Congress, now a national party. It's a tough game but PK-machinery is with her," added Pal, Associate Professor at International School of Broadcasting and Journalism at MIT ADT University, Pune. She has started targeting smaller states and I won't be surprised if she targets rebel Congress leaders in every state subsequently. "Mamata is trying to replace Congress nationally. Some believe that it is her political advisor Prashant Kishor (PK) who is masterminding the blueprint. In 2018, the TMC failed to win any seats, contesting 24 of the 60 assembly constituencies in Tripura. The BJP wrested power from the Left Front in Tripura with a majority Bengali-speaking population. Now the party is gearing up for Goa assembly election next year and Tripura for 2023. A membership drive was undertaken in Lakhimpur Kheri, continuing through the Awadh it is aimed across the Purvanchal region.ĭuring the 2019 Parliamentary elections TMC had candidates in three of Jharkhand's 14 Lok Sabha seats. TMC has been trying to expand its organisation beyond West Bengal – in Uttar Pradesh, it is already focusing on the rural belt. On her recent frosty relation with Congress chief, "Mamata understands that as a Prime Minister Sonia Gandhi can't accept anyone except Rahul," felt Kolkata-based journalist and author, Diptendra Raychaudhuri. Though her ire was directed at the Left Front primarily, she was disappointed with her alma mater – the Congress – for not taking the fight aggressively. Sambit Pal, author of 'Bengal Conundrum: The Rise of the BJP and the Future of the TMC. She'll either be the Queen or the principal Opposition," said Prof. "I don't think Mamata Banerjee will be content being the king-maker. I simply wish her best of luck," he added. She may now find a few elected Congress party-members as low-hanging fruits and may want to poach.
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"As far as Congress-mukt Bharat is concerned, it's already happened. "She thinks that with the crumbling of Congress she has a space in the Opposition," said Kolkata-based BJP leader Shishir Bajoria.īajoria was a member of the party's election management team in West Bengal, a position the BJP leadership usually allots to their most trusted aides.
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She is being dubbed 'co-architect' in certain quarters because the slogan was originally from no other than her projected political rival Narendra Modi. In her recently concluded Delhi tour, she emerged as the co-architect of 'Congress-mukt Bharat' or India sans Congress. During her earlier visits, she was projected as the rallying point against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But then, who doesn't? And during her recent visit to the National Capital, Didi indeed was the centre of all attention.īut this trip was different. Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is said to like being the voice in the room.