3 weeks ago
Mamata camp locks TMC office used by MP Saayoni Ghosh
A big political party in India called the TMC is having a fight inside itself.
After the party lost an election, two groups started fighting over who is in charge.
One group supports the leader Mamata Banerjee, and the other group says she lost the support of most of the party's elected members.
Some TMC members of Parliament joined a different, small party called the NCPI, which works with the NDA.
One of those MPs is a woman named Sayani Ghosh, who was elected from a place called Jadavpur.
People who support Mamata Banerjee got upset that Ghosh was still using a TMC office.
So they locked the office and put up signs saying 'Go Back Sayani' and 'No place for traitors.'
They said a TMC office cannot be used to do work for another party.
The party may also try to remove those members of Parliament for switching parties, and people are still deciding who is really in charge of the TMC.
Supporters of the Mamata Banerjee camp locked a TMC party office in Ward 106 of Garfa, south Kolkata, that had been used by Jadavpur MP Sayani Ghosh.
Protesters, carrying banners reading 'Go Back Sayani' and 'No place for traitors', questioned why a lawmaker aligned with the breakaway National Congress Party of India (NCPI) and the BJP-led NDA should use a TMC facility.
Ghosh won the Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat on a TMC ticket in 2024 and is among 20 party MPs who have aligned themselves with the NCPI and the NDA.
The dispute follows the TMC's defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections, which triggered an organizational crisis between camps led by Mamata Banerjee and rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee.
Petitions seeking the disqualification of the 20 MPs under the anti-defection law are pending before Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
- Who
- Supporters of the Mamata Banerjee camp locked the office of Jadavpur MP Sayani Ghosh, who is aligned with the dissident NCPI and the BJP-led NDA.
- What
- A TMC party office in south Kolkata used by Ghosh was locked and sealed over questions about her allegiance to the breakaway NCPI and the NDA.
- Where
- Ward 106 of Garfa, south Kolkata.
- When
- Monday, following the TMC's defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections.
- Why
- The Mamata camp said a TMC office cannot be used for public outreach on behalf of the NCPI; the confrontation reflects a widening contest for control of the party's political and organizational infrastructure.
Mamata Banerjee camp (Kalighat leadership)
Ritabrata Banerjee-led dissident camp
Party leadership dispute
Mamata Banerjee camp (Kalighat leadership)
The Kalighat leadership supports its own nominee for Leader of the Opposition, and its supporters describe themselves as the 'real TMC', questioning the allegiance of MPs who joined the dissident camp.
Ritabrata Banerjee-led dissident camp
The dissident camp argues the existing leadership has lost the confidence of a majority of elected representatives; 65 of the TMC's 80 MLAs backed Ritabrata Banerjee's claim and rejected the Kalighat leadership's nominee.
Control of party offices
Mamata Banerjee camp (Kalighat leadership)
A TMC office cannot be used for public outreach on behalf of the NCPI; political work for another party from a TMC facility is unacceptable, prompting the lockout of the Garfa office used by Ghosh.
Ritabrata Banerjee-led dissident camp
The dissident camp has convened its own session, elected Arup Roy as chairperson and announced a parallel national leadership structure, arguing the existing leadership lost the confidence of elected representatives; the battle has moved to control over offices, symbols and organisational networks.
Key facts
- Party
- Trinamool Congress (TMC)
- MP involved
- Sayani Ghosh, Jadavpur
- Location of incident
- Ward 106, Garfa, south Kolkata
- Election context
- TMC defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections
- MPs aligned with NCPI/NDA
- 20
- MLAs backing Ritabrata Banerjee
- 65 of 80
- Dissident chairperson
- Senior MLA Arup Roy
- Pending legal action
- Disqualification petitions under the anti-defection law before Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Quotes
Supporters of the Mamata Banerjee camp
TMC loyalists aligned with Mamata Banerjee
“The TMC office cannot be used for public outreach on behalf of the NCPI. You cannot sit in a TMC office and do political work for another party.”
telegraphindia.com









