Trinamool Suspends 3 Spokespersons Over Anti-Party Remarks After Poll Defeat

Kohinoor Majumdar, Riju Dutta and Kartik Ghosh were suspended for six years for allegedly violating party discipline after the party's defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections. The action followed show-cause notices issued to five spokespersons. The notices were issued by TMC MP Derek O'Brien, a member of the party's disciplinary committee. The three suspended were joined by Krishnendu Chowdhury and Papiya Ghosh in the earlier notices. The party had sought explanations within 24 hours. Remarks cited included Majumdar saying leaders often have to wait hours to meet Abhishek Banerjee; Chowdhury criticizing Banerjee's style; Dutta praising the BJP government's measures to curb post-poll violence in a social media post. O'Brien and Chandrima Bhattacharya declined to comment. The West Bengal election results had BJP winning 207 seats and TMC 80 in the 294-member House.

The Trinamool Congress issued show-cause notices to five spokespersons, including Kohinoor Majumdar, Riju Dutta, Kartik Ghosh, Krishnendu Chowdhury and Papiya Ghosh, asking for explanations within 24 hours to address alleged anti-party remarks and criticisms of leadership and electoral strategy following the West Bengal assembly election results. Derek O'Brien, a member of the party's disciplinary committee, issued the notices.