3 days ago
Locked Nandigram TMC Office Reflects Party’s Political Decline
A Trinamool Congress office in Nandigram is locked and quiet.
It used to be a busy place filled with party workers and leaders.
Local people say it has stayed closed since the Assembly election results.
Nandigram was important to Mamata Banerjee’s political rise.
The area was also central to a 2007 movement against land acquisition.
One former supporter said older activists felt forgotten by the party.
He said they had wanted to speak with Mamata Banerjee but could not meet her.
A by-election is scheduled in Nandigram for October 6.
The report says the party will not contest that election using its own candidate or symbol.
The Trinamool Congress office in Nandigram Block 1 remains locked and largely deserted.
Locals say the office has been shut since Assembly election results were declared.
Nandigram was central to the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement that strengthened Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress.
Former supporter Sukumar said older activists felt ignored by newer party leaders and lacked access to Mamata Banerjee.
The Trinamool Congress is not contesting the October 6 by-election with its own candidate or symbol, according to the report.
- Who
- The Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari and local Nandigram residents, including former supporter Sukumar.
- What
- A locked and deserted Trinamool Congress office is being portrayed as a sign of the party’s declining organisation in Nandigram.
- Where
- Nandigram Block 1, West Bengal.
- When
- The office reportedly remained shut after the Assembly election results; a Nandigram by-election is scheduled for October 6.
- Why
- The report links the office’s inactivity to organisational decline, the departure of older supporters and the Trinamool Congress’s decision not to contest the by-election with its own candidate or symbol.
Key facts
- Location
- Trinamool Congress office, Nandigram Block 1
- By-election date
- October 6
- Office status
- Locked and reportedly shut since the Assembly election results
- Historical significance
- Nandigram was central to the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement
- 2021 contest
- Mamata Banerjee contested Nandigram against Suvendu Adhikari
- Party symbol
- The report says the Election Commission froze the Trinamool Congress symbol
- Former supporter quoted
- Sukumar, who said he participated in the 2007 Nandigram movement
Quotes
Local resident
A Nandigram resident speaking to News18 about the deserted TMC office.
“People do not want to talk about this party office anymore.”
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Man sitting in a rickshaw
A local man who offered an assessment of the locked office and the party’s decline.
“This is a cursed place. Look at the size of this building, but there is no one here. Whatever they did for so many years, nobody wants to remain with them now.”
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Sukumar
A participant in Nandigram’s 2007 Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee movement and former TMC supporter.
“Definitely, something went wrong with our party. Mamata Banerjee started from here, and now it is ending here.”
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Sources
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