Bengal bypoll results: Buoyed by sweep, TMC seeks to lead Opp nationally, bets on party reshuffle

“The nationalist enforcement committee gathering connected Monday astatine Mamata Banerjee’s residence volition find the further roadmap for the party. Mamata Banerjee volition usher america regarding our relation successful some the wintertime league of Parliament arsenic good arsenic of the Assembly,” said a elder leader, expected to enactment successful the meeting.

Speaking to mediapersons connected Sunday, TMC Lok Sabha subordinate Kalyan Bandopadhyay said: “All the Opposition parties nationally should judge Mamata Banerjee arsenic their leader. She should beryllium the look of Opposition nationally. Some parties should acceptable speech their ego and judge Mamata Banerjee arsenic the person of the Opposition against the BJP. Look astatine the by-election results,” Bandopadhyay said.

According to sources successful the TMC, the archetypal docket to beryllium discussed successful Monday’s gathering volition beryllium the party’s stance connected respective issues, including Wakf Amendment Bill, successful the wintertime league of Parliament acceptable to statesman from Monday.

The enactment leaders volition besides deliberate connected however to woody with the contented successful the upcoming Assembly session. “Mamata Banerjee volition archer america the relation we volition play successful Parliament,” said a elder subordinate of the nationalist enforcement committee.

“The bypoll results person shown that we are connected the close path. As Abhishek Banerjee has said, determination is simply a request for performance-based valuation of enactment leaders. Certain organisational gaps and shortcomings request to beryllium fulfilled. A database for reshuffle has been prepared by Abhishek Banerjee. Mamata Banerjee volition person the last accidental successful the issue. This volition beryllium portion of our preparations for the 2026 Assembly polls successful the state,” said different elder person and a subordinate of the nationalist enforcement committee.

TMC leaders said the bypoll results reflected not lone the “acceptability of Mamata Banerjee’s flagship programmes similar Kanyashree and Lakshmir Bhandar but besides a robust organisation astatine the grassroots level”.

Apart from a immense leap successful the winning margin, astir doubling it successful 5 of the six Assembly seats wherever bypolls were held, the enactment won from Madarihat for the archetypal time. Also, the enactment was capable to garner implicit 50% votes successful each the six constituencies — Naihati (62.97%); Haroa (76.63%), Medinipur (53.44%), Taldangra (52.07%), Sitai (76.08)%, and Madarihat (54.05%).

In the Lok Sabha elections, the TMC had 45.76% ballot stock overall.

Also, the winning borderline was doubled successful the 5 seats. For instance, successful the by- predetermination successful Sitai, TMC campaigner Sangita Roy won by 13,01,56 votes. In the aforesaid Assembly conception during the Lok Sabha polls, TMC won with a borderline of 29,000 votes. In 2021 Assembly polls, the TMC had a winning borderline of 10112 votes.

“Sitai and Madarihat seats successful North Bengal are considered a BJP stronghold. We person consolidated our position. Now, is the clip for Mamata Banerjee to play different relation nationally,” said a seasoned TMC leader.

“Organisation is simply a two-way traffic. On 1 hand, we person effectual leadership, beardown organisation and policies which are people-friendly. On the different hand, the spot of Mamata Banerjee is intact successful the minds of people,” said Jay Prakash Majumdar, TMC vice-president and spokesperson.

Abhishek Banerjee, TMC Leader successful Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Sougata Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, authorities portion president Subrata Bakshi, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim and different elder leaders are expected to beryllium contiguous successful the Monday’s meeting.

However, TMC Rajya Sabha subordinate Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, who was captious of the authorities the contented of RG Kar rape and murder, has not been invited to the meeting.

Speaking connected the issue, Firhad Hakim, Mayor and State Urban Development Minister, said: “Party subject comes first. I should not marque immoderate comments publically against enactment discipline. One should not person made each statements public.”