Jul 29, 2024 07:21 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge to satisfy West Bengal Congress leaders to pick out new state president as Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s tenure ends.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and occasion president Mallikarjun Kharge will meet various functionaries from West Bengal in Delhi on Monday to pick out the following state president since Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s tenure has ended, state leaders mentioned.
These summoned to Delhi embrace Chowdhury, former state presidents Pradip Bhattacharya and Abdul Mannan, senior leaders Deepa Dasmunsi, Amitabha Chakraborty, Nepal Mahato, Manoj Chakraborty and Isha Khan Choudhury, the occasion’s sole Lok Sabha member from West Bengal who gained the Malda South seat within the parliamentary elections.
Mannan has knowledgeable the occasion that he will be unable to attend Monday’s assembly due to sickness.
Chowdhury, who gained Murshidabad district’s Berhampore Lok Sabha seat 5 occasions since 1999, was defeated by former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan fielded by Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee.
All India Congress committee basic secretary K C Venugopal had earlier requested state leaders to convey their opinions on the management challenge via e-mail or textual content messages. “We had all expressed our opinions. I don’t know whether or not the highest leaders need to meet us individually or collectively,” Pradip Bhattacharya mentioned.
Gandhi and Kharge have known as the assembly at a time when the West Bengal Congress unit goes via its worst section since Independence. The occasion has no member within the legislative meeting and its organizational power within the districts and Kolkata have lowered alarmingly. “Reviving the occasion in Bengal is a herculean activity proper now,” Bhattacharya mentioned.
Days earlier than the seven-phase parliamentary polls, Mamata Banerjee, whose occasion is a part of the INDIA block, dominated out seat sharing with the Congress and the Left in West Bengal and fielded candidates from all 42 seats, of which her occasion gained 29. The Bharatiya Janata Occasion gained in 12 seats.
Talks on seat sharing amongst INDIA group companions ran right into a stalemate in West Bengal months earlier than the polls when Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) leaders and Chowdhury mentioned they might by no means have Trinamool as an ally since their events had fought towards it in addition to the BJP in all current elections. Drawing fierce criticism from Trinamool, Chowdhury repeatedly described Mamata Banerjee as BJP’s secret ally.