TIWN
Kolkata, Feb 13 (TIWN): With the BJP struggling to negotiate with its own organisational differences, and the Left and the Congress becoming regularly irrelevant in West Bengal politics just before the corporation and municipal elections — the Trinamool Congress seems to have emerged as the biggest enemy of Trinamool Congress.
The ruling party has bagged three municipalities even before the filing of nominations is over, but that has raised several questions within the party, challenging not only the supremacy of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, but also exposing the chinks within the party that are likely to become bigger in the days to come.
The internal differences within the party came to the fore following a Facebook post by a young Trinamool Congress leader Debangshu Bhattacharya, considered to be close to Abhishek Banerjee.
Bhattacharya wrote on Facebook post on Thursday: “Some people create disturbances in the elections because of their narrow personal gains and that is resulting in unrest in the local body polls. The police should be given 100 per cent free hand and if needed double number of central forces should be deployed in the municipal polls.”
Bhattacharya was definitely indicating the ongoing controversy of the walkover in three municipalities — Budge Budge, Sainthia and Dinhata — where Trinamool Congress grabbed power even before the nominations were over.
Bhattacharya further wrote: “If there is one 2018 then another 2019 is not far to come. Every time it will not be 2021.”
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