Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata
Banerjee at a meeting on Friday officially formed the party’s Darjeeling
District Committee and Darjeeling Hill Committee. Informing about the
meeting, the newly reappointed TMC Darjeeling hill committee president
Rajen Mukhia said the party’s Darjeeling district committee will have
Gautam Dev as President, while Bhaichung Bhutia, Nantu Pal and Alok
Chakrabarty will function as working presidents. The TMC hill committee
will have former Kurseong MLA Shanti Chettri as working president, he
added.
The TMC president has also directed the
newly appointed leaders to provide a complete report on the district and
hill committees to the party’s national general secretary Mukul Rai by
June 14.
Mukhia said, “The two committees were
formed in preparation to the state assembly elections in 2016. The
amount of votes received by Bhutia during the Lok Sabha election has
projected the party as the second strongest front in the region and we
want to improve that further to attain the top position.” The party
president is happy with the performance in the hill and has directed the
two committees to strengthen the support-base further ahead of the
assembly elections, Mukhia added.(EOI)