KOLKATA : The party is already struggling with internal conflicts and disputes. In that atmosphere, Trinamool MLA Madan Mitra targeted the party councilors. Madan’s message to the party workers and supporters, “If any councilor thinks of you as his servant, he will not care.” Madan also commented that if those councilors take off their Trinamool clothes, they will not get food. He was recently heard making such comments at an event in Belgharia. He said, “If any councilor thinks that he judges your worth, considers you as his servant, and does not care what happens, there is no need to care about those councilors. Contact me directly. I will make the councilors do the same. Madan also taunted the councilors and said, “He does not eat or give a damn! He was sitting at home. He has become a councilor by wrapping a shawl around his body because you have blessed him. If the Trinamool cloth is taken away from him tomorrow, he will not be able to eat. I know there are many. There may be a press here. Tell Mamata Banerjee this, I said. There is no need to worry about any councilor.
Madan, a former heavyweight leader of Trinamool, is currently somewhat of a cornered figure within the party. Apart from occasionally making some comments against the party leaders, he is no longer seen in an active role as before. In that atmosphere, Madan’s comments have created controversy. When the Joraful Shibir was shaken by the news of internal conflicts, the question arises whether the message that Madan did not ‘care’ about the councilors from the public platform will widen the division within the party or not.
Many people are not looking favorably on Madan, who has been seen warning that he will ‘tell Mamata’. Because Madan has always been known as Mamata’s darling in the Trinamool. But the manner in which Madan brought up the name of the party leader is unprecedented, according to a section of the Trinamool. A few days ago, Trinamool MLA Mohammad Abdul Gani commented that no one is listening to the leaders within the party anymore. After the murder of Dulal Sarkar in Malda, he said, “No one is listening completely. Even those leaders who are at the top administrative levels are not listened to.
