Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has initiated the process of dissolving all existing party committees and completely restructuring her party's organisation.
A final blueprint for the plan was drawn up during the National Working Committee meeting held at Kalighat on Friday afternoon. As per decisions taken at the meeting, Chandrima Bhattacharya replaced Subrata Bakshi as the new State President, while Abhishek Banerjee’s powers have been curtailed.
Political circles view the meeting as highly significant given the current situation within TMC. After the meeting, veteran Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee briefed the media on the party's new organisational structure and the strategy for the political and legal battle against the opposition in the days ahead. His remarks clearly outlined a concrete plan to revitalize the party rapidly following the massive setback and to steer it out of its cornered position.
As many as 26 members were physically present in the meeting, while five or six members from other states joined virtually, said Kalyan.
It was decided in the meeting that Mamata Banerjee will remain the party's Chairperson and Abhishek Banerjee the general secretary at the national level.
"Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen have been appointed as All-India Joint General Secretaries. At the state level, Chandrima Bhattacharya has taken over as the West Bengal State President (replacing Subrata Bakshi), and Kunal Ghosh continues as the state spokesperson. Additionally, Sayoni Ghosh was named Youth Wing President, Mala Roy as Women's Wing President, and Priyanka Adhikari as President of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP)," Kalyan added.
