TMC Faces Internal Turmoil as Veteran Leader Resigns over Corruption, Highlighting Factional Feuds Ahead of Elections
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Veteran TMC leader Tapas Roy resigned citing "corruption" in the party and “humiliation" after an ED raid. This continues a pattern of implosions in the TMC before elections.
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Factional feuds, intra-party clashes, and building parallel power structures are recurring issues in the TMC that have hurt it electorally.
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Many of Mamata's old, trusted lieutenants like Mukul Roy, Anubrato Mondal, and Partha Chatterjee are now inactive, defected, or jailed.
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A new leadership under Abhishek Banerjee has emerged, sometimes publicly clashing with old guard like Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
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Mamata may need to address tensions between the old and new guard to fix issues like lack of regimented structure and consolidate power under her centrally.