Mamata Banerjee ‘replaced’ as TMC chairperson in biggest blow amid turmoil; rebels served show-cause notice
- On Monday, a rebel faction of the Trinamool Congress led by Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee named Arup Roy as chairperson and suspended Abhishek Banerjee, the party's second-in-command.
- The rebellion follows the party's 2026 electoral defeat, with the faction claiming their special session addressed a "constitutional crisis" caused by expired leadership mandates that had not been renewed since February 2022.
- During the meeting held at a hotel in New Town, attendees notably excluded portraits of Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee, instead displaying the party symbol alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and B R Ambedkar.
- Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh, a loyalist to Mamata, dismissed the developments as "comical," while Ritabrata claimed the faction followed all Election Commission rules to establish themselves as the "real" TMC.
- With support from 65 MLAs and 20 MPs who have aligned with the Nationalist Citizens Party, the faction plans to establish new state and district committees shortly, deepening the organizational split.
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Ritabrata Banerjee: The rise of 'New Trinamool', excluding Mamata and Abhishek. Mamata Banerjee was left out of the Trinamool Congress that she had built with her own hands. Abhishek Banerjee was also left out.
Mamata Banerjee's political tensions in West Bengal show no signs of abating. Following the rebellion of MLAs and MPs, the party itself is slipping out of her control. On Monday, rebel TMC MLAs removed Mamata Banerjee and appointed Arup Roy as its new president.
Trinamool rebels remove Mamata as the party chairperson
Abhishek Banerjee has been removed as party general secretary; former Minister Arup Roy unanimously picked as the new chairperson of the party; the decision was taken by rebel MLAs led by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, who claims support of 65 out of 80 MLAs.
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