Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Mamata Banerjee Gives Trinamool Rebels 15 Days to Return
Mamata Banerjee told lawmakers who left her Trinamool Congress party that they have 15 days to come back.
She shared this message by cellphone with people gathered in North Dinajpur.
She said the party’s ordinary workers are very important.
She also said the INDIA Alliance needs Trinamool Congress to be strong.
Banerjee criticized the Election Commission and made a claim about its chief, Gyanesh Kumar.
The article says many party lawmakers have left since Trinamool lost the assembly election.
A disagreement over who can use the party’s twin-flower symbol is still being considered.
The Supreme Court gave the Election Commission three months to decide the symbol issue.
Mamata Banerjee gave Trinamool Congress MPs and MLAs who left the party 15 days to return.
She delivered her message by cellphone to a gathering in North Dinajpur, described as her first show of strength there since the assembly polls.
Banerjee criticized the Election Commission and alleged the BJP would remain in power while Gyanesh Kumar led the poll body.
She said ordinary grassroots workers were the party’s lifeblood and argued the INDIA Alliance needed a strong Trinamool Congress.
The article says 20 of the party’s 28 MPs joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, while a dispute over the party symbol remains before the courts.
- Who
- Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress lawmakers who left the party
- What
- Banerjee set a 15-day deadline for departed MPs and MLAs to return.
- When
- At a gathering held after the assembly polls earlier that year; no exact date is stated.
- Where
- North Dinajpur, North Bengal
- Why
- Banerjee said the party could be strengthened again and called for support for Trinamool Congress.
Banerjee and Trinamool leadership
Departed lawmakers and rival faction
Who represents Trinamool Congress
Banerjee and Trinamool leadership
Banerjee called on departed MPs and MLAs to return within 15 days and said the party’s grassroots workers represented its core.
Departed lawmakers and rival faction
The article says a group of MLAs joined rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee and declared themselves the real Trinamool.
Party identity and symbol
Banerjee and Trinamool leadership
Banerjee asserted that she could strengthen the party again.
Departed lawmakers and rival faction
The faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee is involved in a pending dispute over the party’s twin-flower symbol.
- Deadline
- 15 days for departed MPs and MLAs to return
- Speaker
- Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief and former West Bengal chief minister
- Event location
- North Dinajpur, North Bengal
- MPs who reportedly broke away
- 20 of 28
- Party joined by those MPs
- Nationalist Citizens Party of India
- Symbol dispute
- A court-pending dispute concerns the Trinamool Congress twin-flower symbol.
- Supreme Court timeframe
- The Election Commission was given three months to decide the symbol issue.