Mamata Banerjee is TMC chief, party tells EC after rebel MLAs ‘remove’ her from post

The Trinamool Congress has sent a fresh list of its office-bearers and National Working Committee members to the Election Commission, stating that Mamata Banerjee is the party chief, IANS reported on Tuesday.

This came after a group of rebel West Bengal MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee “removed” Mamata Banerjee as the party chairperson on Monday. The rebel MLAs named party leader Arup Roy as the chief of “real TMC”.

Ritabrata Banerjee said that the legislators wanted Mamata Banerjee to serve as their chief adviser.

Twenty-nine other members have been elected to the “real TMC’s” National Working Committee, he added.

However, in a letter issued on Monday, the TMC reiterated that Mamata Banerjee remained the party chief. The document named Subrata Bakshi as the party’s vice president, Abhishek Banerjee as the national general secretary and Lok Sabha leader, and Derek O’Brien among the six office-bearers. It also listed 24 members of its National Working Committee.

The AITC faction led by Mamata Banerjee has reconstituted its National Working Committee and submitted the details to the Election Commission of India (ECI). In the submitted list, Mamata Banerjee has been shown as the Chairperson of the AITC. pic.twitter.com/GSaOIJy1oL— IANS (@ians_india) June 23, 2026

Ritabrata Banerjee had contended that the TMC’s Constitution required the formation of a national working committee every three years...

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