Amid the widening divide between the old guards and the new leadership of the Trinamool Congress, particularly ahead of ticket distribution for the Lok Sabha polls, a remark by a party leader in the Lok Sabha on December 10 further triggered speculation in the party’s rank and file.
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Banerjee, who represents Kolkata North Lok Sabha seat, said he had learnt how to take Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee name in one line. “I have got a line as far as Mamata and Abhishek are concerned. I have seen Kunal [Ghosh] saying this often. Kunal says Trinamool is governed under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee and under the command of Abhishek Banerjee. I am saying this you people also say this,” the veteran Trinamool Congress leader said.
He was addressing a gathering of the trade union wing of the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata. The remarks were welcomed by Trinamool Congress spokesperson Mr. Kunal Ghosh who congratulated the MP for getting the party’s hierarchy right.
