“Mamata Should’ve Called Me”
A former Railway Minister in the Union government, Trivedi said that in spite of knowing that he was unhappy with the party, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, did not reach out to him.
Trivedi also vocally criticised Prashant Kishor, whose political consultancy firm, the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) is handling the 2021 election campaign for the TMC. Trivedi said that Kishor was “taking over the activities of the party”.
With this, Trivedi joins a long list of Trinamool leaders who, in the recent past, have expressed their “disappointment” over the reigns of the party being managed by Abhishek and Kishor. While some of these leaders were placated by the TMC, many have since defected to the BJP.
“The Chief Minister is too busy. She does not have time to heed these concerns that many in the party have brought up”, Trivedi said.
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