Mamata Banerjee reshuffles TMC ranks: Kalyan Banerjee returns as Lok Sabha chief whip

NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal main curate Mamata Banerjee connected Thursday appointed Kalyan Banerjee arsenic the caller Chief whip of the Trinamool Congress successful Lok Sabha replacing Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. The announcement was made during an interior gathering of enactment MPs held astatine Mamata Banerjee’s residence successful Kalighat arsenic the enactment enactment sought to regroup aft its caller electoral setback successful West Bengal. Kalyan Banerjee, who had earlier been removed from the station amid interior turbulence wrong the enactment past twelvemonth pursuing a nationalist spat with Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra has present been brought backmost astatine a clip erstwhile the TMC is attempting to dependable its organisation and parliamentary strategy.The reshuffle was seen by enactment insiders arsenic a awesome that the enactment continues to worth governmental aggression and loyalty during hard times.

In caller months, Kalyan Banerjee emerged arsenic 1 of the party's astir vocal ineligible and governmental faces, actively defending the TMC successful tribunal battles and nationalist confrontations during the predetermination period.While the enactment retained Abhishek Banerjee arsenic person of the enactment successful the Lok Sabha and Shatabdi Roy arsenic lawman leader, Kalyan Banerjee's instrumentality was considered the astir important organisational determination taken during the meeting.

According to enactment sources, the gathering astatine Kalighat had the consciousness of a regrouping workout aft the party’s defeat, with discussions focused connected maintaining unity and rebuilding morale among MPs and workers, PTI reported.Several leaders reportedly viewed the determination arsenic designation of Kalyan Banerjee's assertive relation successful defending the enactment politically and legally. "The enactment values those who basal up and combat successful hard times," a elder TMC MP said aft the meeting.During the meeting, Mamata Banerjee reportedly urged MPs to enactment connected with their constituencies and support coordination with section enactment arsenic the enactment attempts to retrieve from 1 of its toughest governmental phases successful years.Addressing the MPs, Abhishek Banerjee alleged that the TMC had fought not conscionable the BJP but 'the full machinery' deployed by the saffron enactment during the elections. He besides claimed determination were irregularities during counting and alleged that TMC counting agents faced restrictions astatine respective centres.Later, TMC MP Saayoni Ghosh struck a defiant note, claiming that the enactment was not acrophobic of setbacks."TMC is not among those who are acrophobic oregon those who backmost down. Mamata Banerjee is simply a lioness, a combatant -- she was before, and she volition stay so. This ballot is not the people's mandate. The radical of West Bengal did not privation Mamata Banerjee's authorities to beryllium removed," she said.