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Will Mamata's Trinamool Congress Join Congress? – What Does Ranjan Chowdhury Say?
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News18•01-10-2026, 18:37
Will Mamata's Trinamool Congress Join Congress? – What Does Ranjan Chowdhury Say?
- •Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress split into two factions after her defeat in the West Bengal assembly elections.
- •Mamata Banerjee's faction was allotted the name 'Mamata All India Trinamool Congress' and the 'football player' symbol.
- •The opposing faction received the name 'Democratic Trinamool Congress' and the 'envelope' symbol.
- •Mamata Banerjee supported the Congress candidate in the Nandigram by-election after her own candidate withdrew.
- •Senior Congress leader Ranjan Chowdhury has invited Mamata Banerjee to directly join the Congress party.
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Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury urged Mamata Banerjee to directly join the Congress party along with her remaining parliamentary and assembly members, stating that the party would be ready to fight under her leadership if she becomes a leader.
Mamata Banerjee extended her support to the Congress candidate after suffering a major setback when her party name and symbol were frozen by the Election Commission, followed by her Nandigram candidate withdrawing the nomination.
Following Mamata Banerjee's defeat in the West Bengal assembly elections, her party split into two factions led respectively by Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee, with both claiming the party name and symbol, prompting the Election Commission to freeze them.
