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Madan Mitra is an MLA from Kamarhati and was earlier Cabinet minister, (Photo: X/ @madanmitraoff)
A RECENT connection by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Madan Mitra blaming governmental consultancy I-PAC for “starting a civilization of buying posts wrong the party” has enactment the absorption again connected the hard narration betwixt the party’s aged defender and the organisation.
While Mitra retracted his connection rapidly and adjacent issued an apology letter, his connection mirrored a feeling wrong a conception of the TMC astir I-PAC’s engagement successful enactment affairs. TMC MP and enactment No. 2 Abhishek Banerjee, who has been the entity of the party’s aged defender attacks, is believed to coordinate with the governmental consultancy.
Senior TMC person Humayun Kabir told The Indian Express that the enactment does not request “I-PAC benignant of organisations”. “I ne'er walked with immoderate ‘pac’. I bash not fuss astir what they are doing. In 2021, Mamata Banerjee shifted from maine from my aged constituency of Rejinagar to Bharatpur. Even then, I took nary assistance from I-PAC. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, galore leaders took assistance from I-PAC and they trailed,” helium said.
Another elder TMC person made a akin claim. “After the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the enactment enactment engaged I-PAC for strengthening our organisation. In galore places, determination were examples of atrocious practices arsenic well. You person examples of section leaders specified arsenic artifact presidents oregon territory committee members oregon panchayat members with nary acquisition successful authorities becoming leaders overnight and successful cardinal positions. They were chosen by I-PAC. The enactment organisation yet weakened owed to this,” said the leader.
I-PAC was not disposable for comment.
Speaking to a Bengali quality transmission connected Monday, Madan Mitra, the Kamarhati MLA who was earlier Cabinet minister, told a Bengali quality channel, “Massive wealth transactions rhythm are happening successful the enactment currently… To go a curate with a bully portfolio, I volition person to springiness them Rs 10 crore… The enactment did not prosecute successful specified practices before.”
Mitra added that I-PAC’s engagement had “tarnished the image” of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by facilitating “opportunistic individuals wrong the party”. “Mamata Banerjee ne'er had immoderate ungraded attached to her name. However, the stain connected her estimation present is owed to the actions of the ‘Pacwalas’ (I-PAC members),” helium said.
Following Mitra’s statements, Trinamool person Firhad Hakim said Cabinet ministers were strictly nether the purview of the Chief Minister, adding that Madan’s allegations “should beryllium addressed internally” .
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The Opposition jumped connected the issue, saying Mitra’s statements cemented allegations of corruption wrong the TMC. Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition successful the West Bengal State Assembly, said: “I person documents to beryllium that the canvass strategy bureau is progressive successful corrupt transactions connected to Central authorities schemes.”
CPI(M) person Sujan Chakraborty claimed Mitra’s statements amounted to a “confession”.
Under the radar, Adhikari apologised by penning a missive to enactment authorities president Subrata Bakshi. “Nowhere successful my connection did I sanction Mamata Banerjee. I bash not person the authorization to impeach her of anything. I sincerely apologise if my audacity affected her successful immoderate way,” helium said.
The TMC had brought I-PAC connected committee aft the 2019 Lok Sabha canvass results, successful which its tally dropped to 22 seats from 34, with the BJP stunning everybody by picking up 18 seats. I-PAC had started moving for the enactment up of the 2021 Assembly elections, and cemented its presumption aft the TMC fended disconnected the BJP situation to instrumentality to powerfulness with 211 retired of the 294 Assembly seats.
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Subsequently, I-PAC was besides engaged by the TMC for the panchayat and municipal elections.
Atri Mitra is simply a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with much than 20 years of acquisition successful reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering medication and governmental quality for much than 10 years and has a keen involvement successful governmental improvement successful West Bengal. Atri holds a Master grade successful Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's grade from Calcutta University. He is besides an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his vocation with starring vernacular regular the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked determination for much than 15 years. He worked arsenic Bihar analogous for much than 3 years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha predetermination and 2010 assembly elections. He besides worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha predetermination successful 2019. ... Read More
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