POLITICAL ENGINEERING ON TMC

 

POLITICAL ENGINEERING ON TMC

SARASIJ MAJUMDER.

 

TMC’S POLITICAL ASSETS:

I only consider Parliament, Rajya Sava, and Bengal Bidhan Sava for discussion:

In Parliament, TMC had 29 elected members, out of which 22 have deserted from TMC, and joined NCPI, having a registered office in SANKRAIL, HOWRAH, WEST BENGAL. Leader elected of NCPI in Parliament is Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who was elected as president of NCPI also. Veteran, and a known MAMATA LOYALIST Sudip Babu is also a part of this group. They will  most likely be a part of NDA—somebody may  become Minister. Refer TAG-A below, which paved the way for this. There are 3 Muslim MPs in this group. This Rebel MP chapter seems now is closed out. But, number of members may increase with time. However—they have forfeited their CLAIM on TMC Party Symbol, TMC Party’s Name etc. after MERGER.

MY FORECAST: Almost none of them will be absorbed in BJP, and at least 18 of them will  not become MP again from Bengal. Individually, most of them have no CREDIBILITY with people of BENGAL.

In Rajya Sava—there were 13 Members of TMC, from which 4 numbers have resigned. Thus—available member is 9. This includes Sagarika Ghosh, and Derek O'Brien who are MAMATA LOYALISTS. Balance may relocate themselves.

Last is Bidhan Sava—which I will discuss last, as it is West Bengal Bidhan Sava, and has more exposure to actions from Mamata Devi, staying in Kolkata.

Before discussing it, let us now have a look at Mamata Devi’s recent actions.

MAMATA’S ACTIONS:

Following the 2026 West Bengal assembly election debacle, Mamata Banerjee took decisive actions to stabilize the Trinamool Congress (TMC), including:

Organizational Reshuffle: Appointing leaders like Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen as joint National Secretaries to rebalance power.

Legal and Legislative Battles: Moving to the Calcutta High Court to challenge the Speaker's recognition of rebel MLAs and contesting a breakaway group of MLAs . THIS PART WILL BE DISCUSSED IN DETAILS, LATER.

Clearing the Ranks: Informing unhappy leaders they are free to leave, and vowing to rebuild the party’s grassroots structure.  TAG “A”
Mamata Banerjee dissolved the Trinamool Congress (TMC) organization by issuing an IMMEDIATE BLANKET ORDER ON JUNE 3, 2026, which dismantled all party committees and affiliated frontal wings across West Bengal.

She executed this drastic institutional shutdown through the following sequence of actions and structural measures:

1. Blanket Dissolution Order Following a major "Shiv Sena-style" internal mutiny, where nearly 60 (now 64) of the party’s 80 MLAs broke away under rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee, the TMC high command published a formal decree on social media. The order stripped all state-level, district-level, and grassroot level committees of their authority with immediate effect.

2. Shutting Down Frontal Wings. The dissolution did not just target main political units; it extended to every single affiliate wing. This included the immediate shutdown of the party's powerful youth, student, labor, and women's frontal organisations, effectively wiping out the party's secondary and lower leadership and subsequent layers to prevent rebel mobilization. TAG “B”.

3. Instituting a "Top-Down" Freeze:  By legally vacating all committee positions, Mamata functionally isolated the rebellious legislators and members from the party’s machinery. Power was completely centralized back into the hands of Mamata Banerjee, her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, and a tight inner circle of loyalists operating out of her Kalighat residence.

4. By forcing a technical pause on the entire state framework, the high command bought time to audit individual LOYALTY before handpicking new loyalist-heavy committees.

CORPORATIONS, PANCHAYETS ETC.

The above organizations which were controlled by TMC before 4^th May, almost all got dissolved, Commissioners resigned, Councilors resigned, Panchayets status unknown and new minister of BJP initiated actions to  re-organize them.

Now we come to the contested part—BIDHAN SAVA.

BIDHAN SAVA:

The legal battle in the Calcutta High Court centers on a fierce conflict between the Mamata Banerjee-led loyalist faction and a powerful rebel breakaway group over who controls the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the West Bengal Assembly.

The legal war is unfolding across following critical fronts:

1.      The Fight Over the Leader of Opposition (LoP).

2.      The Core Dispute: The Mamata Banerjee-led camp moved the High Court to challenge the decision of the Assembly Speaker, Rathindra Bose, who recognized expelled rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the official Leader of the Opposition.

3.      The Rebel Claim: Ritabrata Banerjee presented the physical backing of nearly 60 rebel MLAs  (now 64) to secure the legislative title.

4.      The Loyalists' Counter: Represented by senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee, Mamata's faction argues that the title rightfully belongs to their chosen nominee, Sovan Deb Chattopadhyay. They contend that a Speaker cannot recognize an expelled member as a legislative leader without the formal consent of the political party.

5.      The Court’s Stance: A vacation bench led by Justice Krishna Rao refused to grant an immediate emergency stay on the Speaker's order. However, the court explicitly questioned how an expelled legislator could lead a party bloc, noting that it may violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

6.      Signature Forgery and CID Raids & The Forgery Case: The rebel faction filed an FIR alleging that Abhishek Banerjee submitted a document to speaker with forged signatures of some newly-elected MLAs on an internal resolution regarding legislative appointments. The High Court stepped in to grant Abhishek interim protection from arrest, though ordering him to cooperate with the ongoing state investigation.

7.      The Office Raid Lawsuit: Following an aggressive raid by the CID at the central TMC party office adjacent to Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence, the loyalist TMC filed a fresh lawsuit. They accused investigators of illegal overreach and entering the registered party headquarters without a valid search warrant.

8.      The Constitutional Struggle (Tenth Schedule)The High Court's impending rulings will decide a pivotal constitutional question: Does a political party's high command retain absolute authority over its legislators, or can a breakaway majority bloc legally seize the party's official identity and legislative positions?

9.      The matter can not be concluded before upcoming Assembly session starting onJune 18.

MY VIEWS:--

1.0  The FORGERY is established, when several MLAs stated that they have not signed, still there are signatures against their names.

2.0  Now—the QUESTION is who did the Forgery? CID  trying to find out.

3.0  Abhishek knows, and not telling. He is not submitting the original document. In my opinion, he is guilty of ‘Hiding Facts’ and destroying evidences. The original document may be burned.

4.0  Mamata Banerjee is also involved, was present in the meeting, and has ‘Tacit Support’ in Forgery. Why she is not interrogated??

5.0  Mamata Banerjee lost confidence of Majority of Senior MLAs, and MPs. She has issued ‘Blanket Dissolution Order  on June 3, 2026’. How she can remain leader?? She was leader before majority rebelled. AFTER THAT—SHE IS NO MORE UNDISPUTED LEADER OF TMC .

6.0   Expelling Ritabrata and Sandip is illegal citing violation of party discipline, when they took only legal action against Malafide inside the party. It shall be treated as NULL & VOID!

I PRAY, MELORD—please don’t isolate 10^th schedule from ‘Natural Justice’ which is the Corner Stone  of Judiciary, and DEMOCRATIC PROCESS  which shall decide the Leader.

MELORD, I humbly request that  the verdict on Tenth Schedule by Honorable Supreme Court delivered before, may not be taken as a precedence in this case to negate the decision of a Speaker, who is an elected representative. Legislation has equal footing as Judiciary in Parliamentary Democracy.