Even as the Parliament’s winter session started in New Delhi, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) held a meeting of the party working committee at Kalighat here on Monday evening. The meeting emphasized on strengthening the party at the national level with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
All preparations will start from now keeping an eye on the 2024 elections, TMC spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien told reporters after the meeting. Besides, he said, it was decided unanimously in the meeting that TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s would be the last word. It was decided at the meeting of the Trinamool Working Committee that the work of strengthening the TMC as an all-India party would begin from now on. “The team is growing,” Derek O’Brien said. “We are the growing party. Trinamool will show the way to the whole country in 2024. The next meeting of the party’s working committee will be held in Delhi,” the MP said.
Initially, Derek O’Brien said there would be several changes to the party’s constitution. “The DNA of the Trinamool is not changing,” he said. “Only the constitution of the party will be changed,” he said, adding that the Trinamool Working Committee currently has 21 members. Several leaders from outside Bengal will also be included in the committee. The representation of other states, including Meghalaya, Haryana, will be increased, and the final decision will be made by team leader Mamata Banerjee.
Derek O’Brien said, “In the coming days, Mamata Banerjee will make the final decision on what changes will be made to the party’s constitution. It is up to Mamata Banerjee to decide who will be the next members of the working committee.”
In addition to the 21 members of the committee, the meeting was also attended by former Union Minister and former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, Haryana leader Ashok Tanwar, former Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Pawan Varma and tennis star Leander Paes. After the meeting, Pawan Varma said, “Today’s meeting of the working committee is historic for various reasons. After this meeting, the Trinamool Congress will take all possible steps to become a big national party.