New Delhi, July 13: Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee has written to the Election Commission, urging it not to give more time to a rival faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee to submit claims on authorised signatories and organisational polls.
An ongoing tussle within the party intensified on July 2 when the rebel faction approached the EC to claim to be the “real” All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).
The faction said it had informed the commission after a special session it held on June 22 and sought recognition of the organisational changes it claimed to have carried out.
Following the claim, the poll body sent letters to both Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee, asking them to submit their responses by 5.30 pm on July 6.
While the Mamata Banerjee-led group submitted its response on July 6 before the deadline, the Ritabrata-led faction got an extension till 5.30 pm on July 10 to submit its response.
Mamata said that the “leeway” granted to Ritabrata to file the reply at a later stage was not extended to them, and they were given “virtually two half-working days to reply to the communication dated 2nd July 2026.”
“Even after the delay of another 48hrs from 10th July, your good office has maintained a stoic silence, giving further elbow-room to Shri Banerjee, demonstrating your inclination towards the mala fide cause of Shri Ritabrata Banerjee,” the former chief minister said.
In its reply to EC, the Mamata Banerjee-led party rejected the rebel faction’s claim and maintained that the TMC’s organisational committees remain valid till 2027 under the party constitution. (PTI)
