Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) In the wake of the Trinamool Congress’s electoral debacle in West Bengal, MP Saayoni Ghosh on Wednesday said that there was a “growing dominance” of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), causing a “communication gap” in the party.
During an interaction with IANS, Ghosh addressed questions that have been raised over I-PAC’s role and rumours of “internal conflict” in the Trinamool.
While denying having faced any such thing within the party, she asserted that her communication channels were always open.
“Being a youth leader, I have always ensured to maintain a balance between my office, the youth workers and the party leaders,” she said. She emphasised that despite coming from an absolutely non-political background, she received tremendous support from party workers and leadership.
However, Ghosh maintained that it is not possible to please everyone.
Regarding I-PAC, the Trinamool leader said: “I-PAC worked really well in 2021 and had delivered good results in 2024 as well. But this time, it has not been able to deliver.”
Ghosh observed that whether the I-PAC or the Trinamool, both need to do “self-introspection”.
“If people are saying such things and if there is a reason behind it, that needs to be taken care of,” she asserted.
Maintaining that the Trinamool is a “very democratic party”, she noted: “It is true that I-PAC’s dominance was increasing and somewhere a communication gap got created.”
Moreover, Saayoni Ghosh also reacted to certain Trinamool leaders making allegations against the party’s leadership.
“If people had such grievances, they could have said it before. Today after the party could not perform well, people are coming on television and saying such things,” she said.
Responding to an alleged death threat from a BJP leader, the Trinamool MP accused the BJP of normalising hate and crimes against women.
“If, despite being an MP, I have to go through this, then citizens need to see how safe women are in the country,” she said.
On probable reasons for receiving such threats, Ghosh said: “Probably because I think that I have always been a voice of dissent, both inside and outside Parliament. And from my limited political experience, I feel that the BJP does not like the voice of dissent.”
“It (BJP) does not like the idea of Opposition in a country. They do not like the idea of women raising their voice, which has always been the culture in Bengal,” she said.
“I have always said, and I would like to reiterate that Bengali women are fierce. Our leader, Mamata Banerjee, is fierce,” she added.
Ghosh said that she has registered a complaint against the threat with the Kolkata Police.
–IANS
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