The efforts put up by these leaders have been noticed after the day Mamata asked deserters to return to the party from the BJP, Left and Congress
Our Bureau, Siliguri: Trinamul Congress functionaries in north Bengal and some parts of the state’s south have been on an overdrive to re-induct into the party people who joined the BJP, Congress and the CPM.
Many leaders have been into a kind of competition for the past one month, trying to outshine each other by getting on board hundreds who had deserted Trinamul or are supporters of other parties.
Ministers, former representatives of civic bodies, leaders of Trinamul’s youth front and trade unions are at the forefront of the induction spree. All of them are busy finding people at towns and villages and encouraging them to join Trinamul.
The efforts put up by these leaders, party insiders said, have been noticed after July 21, the day when party supremo Mamata Banerjee had asked deserters to return to Trinamul from the BJP, Left and the Congress.
“Whether it is in Malda or Cooch Behar, our party supremo’s call seems to have triggered a competition among leaders. Every day, someone or the other is joining Trinamul in the presence of prominent district leaders at towns and villages. This is indeed good news for the party, particularly in north Bengal, where we were defeated by the BJP in seven of eight Lok Sabha seats,” said a senior Trinamul leader in Siliguri.
In the past fortnight or so, north Bengal residents have witnessed a slew of activities by Trinamul.
Hundreds of people were paraded at venues and they shouted slogans for Mamata Banerjee and her party while accepting Trinamul flags from prominent leaders.
While addressing Trinamul workers virtually from Calcutta on July 21, the chief minister had also emphasised the need to strengthen the party’s support base across the state.
A number of changes were made in the party’s hierarchy soon with constitution of new committees and appointment of fresh faces as office-bearers. Source: The telegraph
