{"id":9117,"date":"2020-07-25T07:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T07:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9117"},"modified":"2020-07-25T07:50:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T07:50:17","slug":"bengal-will-know-if-any-tmc-leader-makes-contact-with-rival-parties-warns-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9117","title":{"rendered":"Bengal: Will know if any TMC leader makes contact with rival parties, warns CM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By: Express News Service<\/a> | Kolkata |
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To pre-empt defections from the TMC ahead of the Assembly polls in 2021, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee<\/a> said she will know if any \u201cgreedy\u201d party leader tries to contact rival parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are two types of leaders: greedy and unselfish. Decide, what you want to be. If you contact another party while being in the TMC, we will get the news,\u201d Banerjee was quoted as saying by a TMC leader in a party meeting on Thursday. According to senior TMC leaders, Banerjee\u2019s stern message was aimed at some party functionaries who are said to be in touch with the BJP<\/a> ahead of the state polls.<\/p>\n

In a major overhaul in party\u2019s organisational structure as reported by The Indian Express<\/a> on Thursday, Banerjee scrapped the observer\u2019s post and formed two new committees to take on the opposition parties in the polls. She also accorded significant party responsibilities to young leaders and axed a few old guards. With the reshuffle, the TMC looks to wrest back its control in areas that were won by the BJP during the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP bagged 18 of the 42 LS seats.<\/p>\n

Sources said veteran and unpopular leaders, including sitting MLAs, will not be fielded in the Assembly election on the account of corruption allegations. \u201cThe party knows that such leaders may switch to BJP. In addition, we will not compromise on the corruption front,\u201d said a senior TMC leader on Monday.<\/p>\n

He said that the observer\u2019s post was done away because two-three leaders were trying to form their factions and controlling respective district administrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, Banerjee wanted to break this nexus and took everything in her own hand before the Assembly elections\u2026 Now, every decision regarding every district will be taken by her or the newly-formed steering committee or the Core Committee, which includes her trustworthy lieutenants Subrata Bakshi and Abhishek Banerjee,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As the TMC is battling corruption allegations in the Amphan<\/a> cyclone relief efforts, the party has decided to induct young faces with an unchequered image.<\/p>\n

According to sources, the organisational overhaul was undertaken based on a district-wise survey by poll strategist Prashant Kishor<\/a>\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Kishor\u2019s inputs and his team\u2019s year-long assessment of the ground realities have played a key role in the rejig, said party sources. \u201cHowever, Mamata Banerjee\u2019s decision is supreme. But Kishor and his team have worked as eyes and ears of Banerjee in this regard,\u201d another senior TMC leader said.<\/p>\n

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