organisational elections

TMC polls: Mamata reaches out to other parties to take on BJP

“There is one ‘Ghorar Pal’ at Raj Bhavan. He keeps claiming that there is violence in Bengal, maybe he is watching from his binoculars. I want to ask him, what is going on in Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat. Can’t he see that?" “I want to say a lot about him, but I control myself. Will the Governor give us instructions now? He, who hasn’t even fought a councillors’ election, is now directing the state government to follow his instructions..."

# Bengal

Congress Working Committee to meet on 16 Oct; current political situation, organizational elections on the agenda

The meeting is being convened after several senior party leaders said there was a need to consider important political issues at the top party forum. The party has seen quite a few defections from its senior positions recently.