‘CM is concerned’: Mamata Banerjee sets up panel to look into Sagardighi defeat
Hindustan TimesKOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday constituted a four-member committee of legislators to look into the reasons for the Trinamool Congress’s defeat in the Sagardighi assembly bypoll. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Banerjee formed a committee of four Muslim legislators and ministers to probe the Sagardighi defeat over concerns that it could be a sign that Muslims, who constitute about 64% of the population in the assembly segment, could drift away from the party in future elections, people familiar with the matter said on the Sagardighi setback. In her first reaction to the poll results announced on March 2, Mamata Banerjee told the media that BJP, Congress and the Left formed an “unholy alliance” against her party to defeat TMC. If you had asked people to defeat Mamata Banerjee, they would have decided which party to vote for.” Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the BJP is trying new tactics because it has lost relevance in Bengal.