What Strategies Will Trinamool Discuss in Their Virtual Meeting?
Synopsis
Key Takeaways
- The Trinamool Congress will hold a virtual meeting to discuss SIR strategies.
- Key leaders including Abhishek Banerjee will attend.
- Performance evaluations of elected officials will be conducted.
- Internal conflicts within the party will be addressed.
- Guidelines for protests related to the SIR will be established.
Kolkata, Nov 21 (NationPress) The Trinamool Congress has arranged a virtual organisational meeting set for Monday to strategize on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) initiated by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal.
The meeting will be presided over by Abhishek Banerjee, the party's general secretary and a member of the Lok Sabha.
Attendance has been requested from all elected party parliamentarians, state legislators, Cabinet members, municipal heads, district presidents, and leaders from affiliated mass organisations.
“In addition to formulating strategies concerning the SIR, the performance of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, along with legislators as elected representatives, will also be evaluated during Monday’s meeting,” remarked an unnamed member of the West Bengal Cabinet.
Issues of reported infighting within the party from various districts are also likely to be on the agenda, with expectations that the general secretary will deliver a stern warning to district-level leaders involved in or promoting such disputes.
It is anticipated that the general secretary will outline new guidelines on how to conduct protest movements in response to the distress caused by the SIR, including the alarming incidents of Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) facing illness or even death due to the heavy workload associated with the revision process.
On Thursday, Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, reached out to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, requesting a pause on the revision exercise.
In her letter, she expressed that the execution of the exercise had been “unplanned, chaotic, and dangerous” for electoral officials and state citizens alike.
In response, Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, sent a counter-letter to the CEC, alleging that Banerjee's letter was a desperate ploy to undermine the voters’ list purification efforts through the SIR, calling its contents politically motivated and factually incorrect.