TMC rebel MP Arup Chakraborty on Monday questioned the leadership and functioning of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) following the merger of 20 rebel MPs with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and their support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), asserting that political parties should be run collectively and not by a single individual or family.
Defending the decision of the rebel MPs, Chakraborty said, "Was it Didi standing for election, or was it us? Whom did the public vote for? Mamata Banerjee wasn't standing in the elections everywhere. There is no such thing as 'our party'... A party doesn't belong to just one person or household. It belongs to everyone. Why didn't everyone run the party together? Who else is answerable for this? Why are they afraid to call a party meeting?"
