Speaking to The Wire, a TMC Lok Sabha MP ruled out the possibility of any such harm. He described the idea as the brainchild of political strategist Prashant Kishor, who has been working with the TMC as a consultant since June 2019.Р”В«ut what can the party gain from Mamata Banerjee meeting with figures as contrasting as poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar and BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy? WonРІР‚в„ўt hobnobbing with people from the saffron camp dent her secular credentials?Р”В«JP leader Subramanian Swamy meets West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi, Wednesday, Nov. РІР‚СљThe inductions may be from scattered geographical locations but these joinings, even if they appear somewhat haphazard, are happening as part of a brand-building exercise,РІР‚Сњ said a senior TMC leader who requested not to be identified. Nor are they known to enjoy any significant mass base.

None of these new entrants (Gokhale joined earlier) are political heavyweights. What, indeed, explains the presence of former Haryana Congress unit chief Ashok Tanwar, or Delhi-based RTI activist Saket Gokhale, who joined sometime ago? Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Kamalapati Tripathi was also inducted in the party.

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata BanerjeeРІР‚в„ўs party, the Trinamool CongressРІР‚в„ўs aggressive drive to affect defections, mainly from the Congress, in Tripura, Goa and Meghalaya, is understandable.Р”В«anking on its Bengal assembly election success, the TMC now wants to contest the assembly polls in those states with its fullest strength, in all assembly constituencies, aiming to become the chief opposition there, if not the ruling force.Р”В«ut what explains the partyРІР‚в„ўs induction events in New Delhi, involving leaders from various parties with as diverse a geographical and political background as Kirti Azad and Pawan Verma?Р”Р„zad and Verma represented Bihar in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on tickets of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United), respectively.

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