Mamata’s war room: How Trinamool will counter BJP threat

After former West Bengal Minister and TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari joined the BJP in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s trusted lieutenants have now geared up to clear any miscommunication between the party and lawmakers spread across the state.

The charge has been given to a select few like senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal minister Arup Biswas, the party’s Lok Sabha MP Sougata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee and of course, political strategist Prashant Kishor, to troubleshoot differences within the ruling formation, party sources said.

Since Trinamool has faced its worst exodus so far in the last one decade, its poll strategist Prasant Kishor on Monday morning tweeted: “For all the hype amplified by a section of supportive media, in reality BJP will struggle to cross double digits in West Bengal…Please save this tweet and if BJP does any better I must quit this space!”

The first breakthrough came last week when dissident Trinamool Congress lawmaker Jitendra Tiwari made a complete U-turn within 24 hours of his resignation and said he would stick with the TMC.

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