Mamata Banerjee will now be the president of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, the TMC introduced on Friday forward of the West Bengal chief minister’s first go to to the nationwide capital after a landslide victory within the meeting polls.
While this isn’t unprecedented, it’s uncommon for events to nominate leaders who usually are not MPs, as leaders of their parliamentary social gathering. In 1998, Congress appointed Sonia Gandhi because the President of the Parliamentary Party. She was not an MP then.
The Congress Parliamentary Party then amended its provisions, making the social gathering chief its ex-officio member. TMC’s transfer, then again, is seen as a part of well-choreographed efforts to ascertain a narrative that Banerjee is eyeing a much bigger nationwide position.
During her go to subsequent week, Banerjee is predicted to put the muse for her social gathering’s larger emphasis on nationwide politics, whereas its electoral success stays confined to Bengal.
Since her third election victory, Banerjee has been indicating that she intends to play a task in nationwide politics and problem the BJP. He has appointed his nephew and Diamond Harbor MP Abhishek Banerjee because the All India General Secretary of the TMC.
Earlier this week, he transformed his social gathering’s annual Martyrs’ Day occasion right into a nationwide one. Several senior opposition leaders had been current on the Constitution Club right here, the place his social gathering broadcast his handle stay.
TMC MPs unanimously elected social gathering chief Banerjee because the president of their parliamentary social gathering. Announcing the choice, Rajya Sabha ground chief Derek O’Brien mentioned she has been the guiding pressure behind the TMC parliamentary social gathering for a very long time.
“We are just formalizing a reality. Our president is a seven-time MP. He has the vision to guide the parliamentary party. He has experience and insight. She was guiding us anyway,” he mentioned.
He mentioned, the choice has been taken at each “ideological and strategic level”. “She’s always been a call away. We feel more empowered,” O’Brien mentioned.
Banerjee shall be in Delhi for 3-4 days subsequent week. He is prone to meet opposition leaders together with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
