Amid the continuing inside energy battle inside the Trinamool Congress (TMC), social gathering supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has stated that the choice on her potential successor can be made collectively by the social gathering and never her alone.
“I’m not the social gathering, we’re the social gathering. It’s a collective household, and choices can be made collectively,” Mamata Banerjee advised information channel News18 Bangla in an interview on Friday.
She additionally dismissed rumours round her dominance within the TMC.
Her remarks got here amid the continuing debate over the outdated guards, thought-about loyal to Mamata, versus the next-generation leaders, thought-about near Abhishek Banerjee.
Abhishek, the TMC nationwide common secretary and nephew of Mamata, is extra common than another social gathering chief among the many social gathering supporters.
The TMC social gathering supremo additionally clarified that the TMC stands as a disciplined social gathering the place nobody can dictate phrases or dominate over others.
“The social gathering will determine what’s greatest for the folks. We’ve got MLAs, MPs, sales space employees, it is a joint effort,” she stated.
Banerjee stated: “Everybody (outdated and new technology leaders) is vital. In the present day’s newcomer can be tomorrow’s veteran.”
Speaking about political consultants, she stated: “Some strategists make surveys sitting at residence and alter them later. They’ll prepare issues however not deliver voters. It’s the sales space employees who know the villages and individuals who truly win elections.”
“They’re like artisans who do their work in change for cash. However elections aren’t received by them,” she added.
INDIA bloc
Talking about INDIA bloc alliance, Mamata Banerjee expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of the opposition bloc, signaling her intent to take cost of the alliance if given a possibility.
The TMC supremo stated she may handle the twin duty of operating the opposition entrance whereas persevering with her position because the chief minister of West Bengal.
“I had shaped the INDIA bloc, now it’s as much as these main the entrance to handle it. If they cannot run the present, what can I do? I might simply say that everybody must be taken alongside,” she stated.
