After the defeat of Trinamool Congress in the assembly elections, the Trinamool Legislative Party has broken up. The parliamentary party is on the verge of collapse. The rebel MPs have declared rebellion against the party and 20 MPs have written a letter claiming to form a faction separate from the Lok Sabha Speaker. After Lok Sabha and Assembly, the sword is also hanging on Trinamool Congress ruled municipalities. The municipalities which were under the control of Trinamool also started disintegrating. Many municipal corporation boards started breaking up.
One after another across the state TMC The councilors resigned. A turbulent situation also arose in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Firhad Hakim resigned from the post of Mayor. After his resignation, there is a possibility of disintegration of the Municipal Corporation Board. Meanwhile, ever since BJP came to power, it has adopted a policy of zero tolerance on corruption. TMC councilors are being arrested one after the other.
Councilor trapped in charges of extortion and embezzlement
Recently, Trinamool councilor Bappaditya Dasgupta got caught in the police net. Bappaditya Dasgupta was the councilor of ward number 101 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. He is accused of demanding extortion from a shop in Jhilpar area of Patuli. In this case, the police have arrested a total of 7 Trinamool councilors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation on various charges.
See who are included in the list of councilors arrested so far.
- Sudeep Pal: Councilor, Ward No. 123. Borough 16 Chairman, Barisha, Behala.
- Arijit Das Thakur: Ward No. 106, Councilor, Garfa.
- Sachin Singh: Councilor, Ward No. 36, Sealdah.
- Mahesh Kumar Sharma: Councilor, Ward No. 42, Bada Bazar.
- Bappaditya Dasgupta: Ward No. 101, Patuli, Chief Convenor of Trinamool Congress Party, Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
- Biswajit Mandal: Ward No. 114, East Putiyari, Kundghat, has got bail.
- Mohammad Jasimuddin: Ward No. 39, Kalutola, Jorasanko.
Investigation against many councilors
Apart from this, Trinamool councilor of ward number 108 and chairman of borough number 12 Sushant Kumar Ghosh are absconding. Police is searching for them. Let us tell you that after the formation of BJP government in the state, rebellion has started continuously against TMC leaders. Voice has been raised against him in the party and various allegations have been made against him. The charges range from bribery to extortion and he has been arrested under these charges.
Will Firhad Hakim also change sides?
Is Firhad Hakim leaving Mamata Banerjee this time? Firhad reached Ritabrata Banerjee’s office in the Assembly on Monday, which increased the speculation further. Expelled Trinamool MLA Sandipan Saha took him to the house of the leader of the opposition in the assembly.
Since the split between the Trinamool MLAs in the Assembly, various speculations are being made about Firhad. Firhad is a long-time associate of Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee. Even when Mamta was in Congress, he was with her. Then he has been in Trinamool since the beginning. Firhad has been a minister in important departments during the Trinamool era. He has also been the Mayor of Kolkata.
Firhad had resigned from the post of Mayor of Kolkata three days ago. At that time it was revealed that he had resigned from the post of Mayor with Mamata’s permission. Then he was present in Nabanna as the MLA of Kolkata Port on the call of the Chief Minister. When Trinamool supremo Mamata denied BJP’s victory in Bengal, various speculations started about Firhad’s presence in the meeting called by Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari in Nabanna and now after his resignation, the speculations have intensified after his meeting with Ritabrata Banerjee.
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