Kolkata, Nov 30 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a three-day visit to Mumbai from today and is likely to visit Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.
She is also scheduled to meet industrialists in the state tomorrow with an eye on investment for Bengal.
It may be mentioned that yesterday Ms Banerjee decided to
increase the members of the working committee and is also likely to
amend the party’s constitution.
Ms Banerjee held a closed-door meeting with TMC leaders of Tripura,
Goa and Meghalaya former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma along with 12
recently defected MLAs at her residence in Kalighat in south Kolkata
today.
According to party sources, in order to have a national presence the
the party had decided to increase the members of the working committee and is likely to amend the party’s constitution.
“TMC leaders from several states met TMC Chairperson Mamata Banerjee
and National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The National Working
Committee meeting further solidified the agenda for the upcoming
years. The All India Trinamool Congress family is united to fight
against fascism,” said the sources.
Confirming the same, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’ Brien said that
leaders from states like Goa, Meghalaya, Tripura, Haryana joined the
meeting to discuss ways to establish TMC nationally.
“TMC is now the main opposition party against the BJP. The DNA of the
party won’t change but certain things in the party’s constitution will
change. We have discussed ways and the final approval will be given by
party Supremo Mamata Banerjee,” said Derek.
The TMC Rajya Sabha MP also added that TMC national secretary Abhishek
Banerjee had asked for the change for the national presence.
Notably, former Haryana Congress Chief Ashok Tanwar who had defected
to the TMC a couple of days back claimed that discussions were made to
make Mamata Banerjee the next Prime Minister of India.
“Mamata Banerjee is the only credible face against the BJP. We all
want to see her as the next PM of the country. Her struggle and her
works will be highlighted across the country,” said Tanwar.
Former JD (U) MP Pawan Varma, Leander Peas, Jaswant Sinha were also
present in the meeting. Poll analyst Prasant Kishor was also present
in the TMC’s working committee meeting.
TMC secretary general Partha Chattopadhyay said that the Trinamool
Congress has become hugely popular for which certain changes are
needed to make the national presence.
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