Mamata Banerjee constitutes new national working committee of 20 members amid internal tussle

TMC excluded three persons from its National Working Committee including senior party MPs Derek O Brien and Sougata Roy and MLA Dulal Murmu. 

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has constituted a 20-member new National Working Committee, informed party leader Partha Chatterjee on Saturday.TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with senior leaders of the party today at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata.

TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee was also present in the meeting. In the meeting, TMC constituted the National Working Committee with Mamata Banerjee as its chairman.

After the meeting, senior TMC leader Partha Chatterjee while speaking to reporters said, "In a meeting today, TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee constituted a national working committee of the party consisting of 20 members including Abhishek Banerjee, Amit Mitra, Partha Chatterjee, Yashwant Sinha and Firhad Hakim."