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A scheduled gathering of recently elected Trinamool Congress legislators, which was expected to beryllium chaired by enactment supremo Mamata Banerjee, was called disconnected connected Sunday (May 31, 2026) aft astir three-fourths of the 80 MLAs failed to crook up..
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh attributed the lack of MLAs to the "sudden and emergent crushed situation" successful the aftermath of Saturday's (May 30, 2026) onslaught connected TMC nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee and the consequent alleged battle connected enactment MP Kalyan Banerjee connected Sunday (May 31, 2026).
"The gathering was pre-scheduled. However, successful the aftermath of the attacks connected our leaders, our MLAs are organising protestation programmes astatine the crushed level, pursuing which terrible constabulary enactment has been unleashed connected our workers. The absentee MLAs, who are stuck with managing the crushed situation, assisting our workers who person been arrested, had informed the legislative enactment of the developments and requested if the gathering could beryllium temporarily postponed," Mr. Ghosh told reporters extracurricular erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence, wherever the gathering was scheduled to instrumentality place.
Mr. Ghosh said that successful the aftermath of that "legitimate request" from legislators, the Trinamool legislative enactment decided to telephone disconnected the gathering "for the clip being". Some 20 MLAs had arrived astatine the venue of the meeting, which was scheduled to commencement astatine 3 p.m.
"We volition clasp this gathering astatine a aboriginal date, the details of which volition beryllium duly communicated to our MLAs. All our legislators person communicated that they are firmly lasting with the enactment during these hard times," Mr. Ghosh said.
Party sources said that contempt the scant beingness of leaders, Ms. Banerjee held informal talks with those contiguous astatine the meeting.
Mr. Ghosh, however, communicated duplicate decisions taken by the enactment to heighten protests against the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP authorities implicit the adjacent 48 hours.
"We person asked our leaders to organise protestation rallies astatine artifact levels successful agrarian areas and astatine the municipal wards successful the state's municipality pockets connected Monday, June 1. The rallies volition decry the attacks connected our leaders Abhishek Banerjee, Kalyan Banerjee and each our workers who are victims of BJP's post-poll terror," Mr. Ghosh said.
The TMC's Beleghata MLA besides announced the party's day-long sit-in successful cardinal Kolkata, which volition beryllium led by Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
"The one-day symbolic sit-in protestation volition beryllium held astatine the Rani Rashmoni Road protestation tract successful Esplanade against the ongoing post-poll unit and the inhumane hawker eviction that are being carried retired by means of bulldozers crossed the state," helium said.
The consequent governmental programmes of our enactment volition beryllium announced from the dharna level connected June 2, helium added.
