West Bengal Dissatisfaction within the Trinamool Congress has now started coming to the fore in politics. Senior party leader and MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has announced her resignation from the post of Barasat district president. He has taken this decision expressing his displeasure over the election defeat and the way of functioning within the party.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar clearly said that the way efforts were made to put pressure on him during the elections was not right. In particular, without naming him, he raised questions on the role of election strategist organization IPAC. The MP alleged that during the elections the IPAC team continuously interfered and adopted pressure politics, which affected the working style of the party’s grassroots leaders.
What did Kakoli say?
She said, “The way small children tried to put pressure on us during the elections, it is not the right way to work. We have been defeated on all the seats in my constituency, so I am resigning.” After his statement, the discussion in political circles regarding the internal situation of Trinamool Congress has intensified. In his resignation letter, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar took responsibility for the party’s poor performance in Barasat district and said that in recent times, corruption and crime-related cases have damaged the party’s image among the public.
He said that to strengthen democracy, the party will have to become more honest, transparent and accountable. He appealed to Trinamool Congress chief and Mamata Banerjee that the party should move forward by taking along old and experienced leaders, so that the organization remains strong.
What did you say on election strategy?
Dastidar also indicated that he does not trust the role of new agencies and people who decide the election strategy. Without taking names, he raised questions on the working style of IPAC and said that applying pressure from above without understanding the ground politics can prove to be harmful.
This resignation has come at a time when Trinamool Congress is facing political challenges at many levels after the election results in West Bengal. There are continuous discussions going on within the party regarding organizational changes and election strategy.
Who is Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar?
- Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar was born on 23 November 1959. Apart from being a doctor by profession, he has also been active in politics for a long time. She has been the national president of All India Trinamool Mahila Congress, the women’s wing of Trinamool Congress.
- She has been a member of the 15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha. She was re-elected MP in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Apart from this, she was also a member of the Panel of Speakers in the 17th Lok Sabha. By the 18th Lok Sabha, she was also given the responsibility of Group Leader of the Indian Parliamentary Friends Group for Bulgaria.
- His family has been associated with politics and administrative services for many generations. His maternal grandfather was the Postmaster General of West Bengal. His uncle, late Arun Moitra, was a freedom fighter and former state Congress president. His maternal uncle Gurudas Dasgupta was a member of the Indian Parliament.
- In his early life, his family lived in Digberia area of Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, where they also had a family farm. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar spent his childhood there. Her husband Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar is an infertility and IVF specialist and has also been a minister in the West Bengal government. He has two sons.
- Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar studied medicine from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, which was then affiliated to the University of Calcutta. After this she also received post graduate training in Obstetric Ultrasound from King’s College London.
- He has also played an active role in social and public life. He worked to provide health services to the people living in slums. Apart from this, he also helped in setting up schools and dispensaries for the children of women affected by human trafficking in South 24 Parganas.
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