Trinamool Congress gets Mamata as national chairperson

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was today elected as the national chairperson of Trinamool Congress in an organisational poll set in motion in October. “Mamata Banerjee has been elected unopposed as the chairperson of the Trinamool Congress,” party general secretary and the returning officer Mukul Roy announced in Kolkata.[caption id=“attachment_121819” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Image courtesy PIB”]  [/caption] The organisational polls, which began with election of the chairperson, would be carried out in states, districts and block levels for various posts, Roy, who is also a Union minister, said. The 56-year-old Banerjee, who became chief minister in May after Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance recorded a historic win ejecting the 34-year-old Left Front government from power, is the founding chairperson of the party and has been re-elected to the post in 2001 and 2006. Roy said around 11,000 members, including party MPs and MLAs, participated in the election process. Party members from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura and Jharkhand also participated. PTI