NEW DELHI: Is Adir Ranjan Chouwdhury on his manner out of the Congress? Effectively, we have no idea for now, however the West Bengal Congess chief has certainly dropped clear hints of riot amid imminent change of management within the state unit. The West Bengal Congress chief, who represented Behrampore Lok Sabha constituency for 5 phrases, misplaced the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to cricketer-turned-politician Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress.He misplaced his stronghold of Baharampur by practically 74,000 votes. Adhir, a staunch critic of ruling Trinamool Congress, resigned because the president of the West Bengal unit after the Lok Sabha elections.
In a strongly-worded put up on social media, Adhir attacked the Congress excessive command for reportedly asking the state unit to go mushy on Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress.
“Who else apart from us will converse on behalf of our celebration staff who’re being overwhelmed up on daily basis by the ruling Trinamool Congress activists in West Bengal? The ruling celebration within the state is attempting to interrupt Congress every day. Regardless of formally being part of the INDIA bloc, they haven’t stopped oppressing us,” the West Bengal Congress chief mentioned in his put up.
Asserting that the rank and file of the celebration on the grassroots is in opposition to any tie-up with Trinamool, Adhir mentioned, “Delhi wants to talk to these celebration staff in West Bengal who’re struggling every day and protesting on the streets to maintain the celebration flag. Their opinion is necessary and therefore they need to even be referred to as to Delhi.”
“I can be there on the streets with my celebration colleagues and carry ahead their motion. I cannot compromise with injustice. I’ll by no means try this,” Adhir added.
Adhir has been vocal about his opposition to Trinamool Congress and has brazenly focused the West Bengal chief minister, mcuh to the discomfort of the celebration’s excessive command.
A contemporary instance of this was seen when the Congress expressed solidarity with TMC chief Mamata Banerjee over the developments on the NITI Aayog assembly, whereas on the identical day, Chowdhury wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, alleging that West Bengal is in an “anarchic situation” and sought her intervention to “restore regulation and order” within the state.
In actual fact, Adhir was instrumental in guaranteeing that the Congress didn’t align with the Trinamool within the final Lok Sabha and likewise meeting elections. Nonetheless, Congress bid to contest these two elections in alliance with the Left Entrance didn’t make any affect because the celebration didn’t open its account in both of the 2 elections.
After dropping his seat and the grand outdated celebration’s drubbing in Lok Sabha elections within the state, Adhir has been remoted throughout the Congress, with the excessive command regularly distancing itself from his acerbic assaults on Mamata. The West Bengal chief minister, on her half, has usually accused Adhir of working as an agent of the BJP.
Dropping hints on the widening hole with the celebration management, Adhir not too long ago claimed that he bought to know throughout a gathering that he was now not the state Congress chief. “I used to be conscious {that a} assembly had been referred to as beneath my presidency and I used to be nonetheless the West Bengal Congress president however in the course of the assembly, Ghulam Ali Mir whereas addressing mentioned that the previous president can be right here. At the moment, I bought to know I had turn out to be former president (of West Bengal Congress),” Adhir mentioned.
The Congress is within the means of finishing up modifications within the West Bengal unit. Congress basic secretary, organisation, Ok C Venugopal not too long ago held a gathering with senior celebration leaders from the state and mentioned a number of points, together with ties with the ruling Trinamool Congress. The assembly was attended by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, basic secretary AICC in-charge West Bengal Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Pradip Bhattacharya, amongst others.
In the meantime, in an fascinating twist, Union minister and Republican Get together of India (A) chief Ramdas Athavale has prolonged Adhir an invitation to affix the NDA.
“I request Adhir Ranjan ji that if he’s being insulted in Congress, then he ought to depart Congress. I invite him to affix NDA or my celebration RPI,” Athavale mentioned. “It’s as a result of he (Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury) misplaced from West Bengal that he’s being ignored and insulted. Attributable to this angle of Congress, many individuals left the celebration and joined BJP,” the Union minister added.
Clearly, the street forward for Adhir throughout the Congress seems to be bumpy. Meeting elections in West Bengal is due in 2026. If the Congress decides to affix palms with Mamata, it could lose Adhir and likewise its alliance with the Left within the state. However that shouldn’t be an issue for the grand outdated celebration as already they’re political rivals in Kerala regardless of being a part of INDIA bloc on the nationwide degree.
In a strongly-worded put up on social media, Adhir attacked the Congress excessive command for reportedly asking the state unit to go mushy on Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress.
“Who else apart from us will converse on behalf of our celebration staff who’re being overwhelmed up on daily basis by the ruling Trinamool Congress activists in West Bengal? The ruling celebration within the state is attempting to interrupt Congress every day. Regardless of formally being part of the INDIA bloc, they haven’t stopped oppressing us,” the West Bengal Congress chief mentioned in his put up.
Asserting that the rank and file of the celebration on the grassroots is in opposition to any tie-up with Trinamool, Adhir mentioned, “Delhi wants to talk to these celebration staff in West Bengal who’re struggling every day and protesting on the streets to maintain the celebration flag. Their opinion is necessary and therefore they need to even be referred to as to Delhi.”
“I can be there on the streets with my celebration colleagues and carry ahead their motion. I cannot compromise with injustice. I’ll by no means try this,” Adhir added.
Adhir has been vocal about his opposition to Trinamool Congress and has brazenly focused the West Bengal chief minister, mcuh to the discomfort of the celebration’s excessive command.
A contemporary instance of this was seen when the Congress expressed solidarity with TMC chief Mamata Banerjee over the developments on the NITI Aayog assembly, whereas on the identical day, Chowdhury wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, alleging that West Bengal is in an “anarchic situation” and sought her intervention to “restore regulation and order” within the state.
In actual fact, Adhir was instrumental in guaranteeing that the Congress didn’t align with the Trinamool within the final Lok Sabha and likewise meeting elections. Nonetheless, Congress bid to contest these two elections in alliance with the Left Entrance didn’t make any affect because the celebration didn’t open its account in both of the 2 elections.
After dropping his seat and the grand outdated celebration’s drubbing in Lok Sabha elections within the state, Adhir has been remoted throughout the Congress, with the excessive command regularly distancing itself from his acerbic assaults on Mamata. The West Bengal chief minister, on her half, has usually accused Adhir of working as an agent of the BJP.
Dropping hints on the widening hole with the celebration management, Adhir not too long ago claimed that he bought to know throughout a gathering that he was now not the state Congress chief. “I used to be conscious {that a} assembly had been referred to as beneath my presidency and I used to be nonetheless the West Bengal Congress president however in the course of the assembly, Ghulam Ali Mir whereas addressing mentioned that the previous president can be right here. At the moment, I bought to know I had turn out to be former president (of West Bengal Congress),” Adhir mentioned.
The Congress is within the means of finishing up modifications within the West Bengal unit. Congress basic secretary, organisation, Ok C Venugopal not too long ago held a gathering with senior celebration leaders from the state and mentioned a number of points, together with ties with the ruling Trinamool Congress. The assembly was attended by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, basic secretary AICC in-charge West Bengal Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Pradip Bhattacharya, amongst others.
In the meantime, in an fascinating twist, Union minister and Republican Get together of India (A) chief Ramdas Athavale has prolonged Adhir an invitation to affix the NDA.
“I request Adhir Ranjan ji that if he’s being insulted in Congress, then he ought to depart Congress. I invite him to affix NDA or my celebration RPI,” Athavale mentioned. “It’s as a result of he (Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury) misplaced from West Bengal that he’s being ignored and insulted. Attributable to this angle of Congress, many individuals left the celebration and joined BJP,” the Union minister added.
Clearly, the street forward for Adhir throughout the Congress seems to be bumpy. Meeting elections in West Bengal is due in 2026. If the Congress decides to affix palms with Mamata, it could lose Adhir and likewise its alliance with the Left within the state. However that shouldn’t be an issue for the grand outdated celebration as already they’re political rivals in Kerala regardless of being a part of INDIA bloc on the nationwide degree.
