TMC Political Crisis: Were TMC and Congress really going to merge? Why did speculation increase after the meeting of Mamata Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi? Has Congress refused to join hands with TMC? Can both the parties form an alliance in future? Are TMC’s troubles going to increase further?
TMC Congress Merger Rumors: There is tremendous turmoil in the politics of West Bengal at present. On one hand, there are reports of tussle within Trinamool Congress and leaders being unhappy and rebellious, while on the other hand, discussions about possible merger of the party with Congress had heated up the political atmosphere. It was being said that Mamata Didi would return to her old party Congress, but Congress has put a full stop to this entire suspense. Let us know what is the inside story of TMC-Congress merger, what big statement has Congress given on this and is this another big political setback for Mamata Banerjee?
Where did the discussion of TMC-Congress merger start?
Recently a meeting of INDIA alliance was held in Delhi. Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee also attended this meeting. After the meeting, Mamata Banerjee met Sonia Gandhi, while Abhishek Banerjee held separate talks with Rahul Gandhi. It was from here that the discussion started in the political circles whether any major political decision was being taken between TMC and Congress. Since TMC has suffered a major setback in the Bengal elections and there are reports of dissatisfaction within the party, these speculations have gained further fuel.
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What did Congress say on TMC’s merger?
During a press conference on Thursday, Congress leader KC Venugopal rejected all these reports outright. He clearly said that the talks about unity of TMC and Congress are just fabricated rumors in and of themselves. Venugopal, while telling the truth of the meeting, said, ‘Recently in our meeting with Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee in Delhi, only important issues of the country were discussed. The only discussion was on how to jointly tackle the problems facing the Parliament and the country. There was not even remotely any talk of merging the parties.
What was the response from TMC?
The interesting thing is that along with Congress, these rumors are also being opposed from within TMC itself. TMC leader Ritabrata Banerjee (who is claiming that 64 out of 80 party MLAs are with him) scoffed at the news. He said that when two-thirds of our MPs and MLAs are not ready to join Congress, then who is doing this merger and with whom? On the other hand, MP Saugata Roy, close to Mamata Banerjee, gave a cautious statement. He said that it is necessary to work together with Congress, but whether it will be an alliance or a merger in the future, it remains to be seen. Many other TMC leaders also did not give much importance to the news of the merger. Senior leaders of the party say that cooperation and alliance with Congress is a different thing, but the discussion of merger is far from reality at present. That is, the signals from both sides are that there is no possibility of any political merger right now.
Why is this matter important for Mamata Banerjee?
Mamata Banerjee spent more than the first 20 years of her political career in Congress. But in 1997, due to differences with the Congress high command, he left the party and formed his new party TMC in 1998. Now after almost 29 years, when his party is going through difficult times, his name being associated with Congress again shows the changing equations of politics. For now, even though both the parties have termed this news as a rumour, but political pundits believe that Mamata Banerjee can play a new and big gamble with Congress in the coming days to regain her lost ground in Bengal.