Bengal

Kolkata: Ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) has begun organisational reshuffle at various levels in a phased manner. The party’s leadership started preparing an action plan many months ago and carried out a survey to evaluate local leaders’ performance. Municipality chairmen were under scrutiny. Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who said in his July 21 address that “only performance will determine position”. Trinamool on Friday carried out a reshuffle in civic bodies in North 24-Parganas and East Midnapore. New municipality chairmen have been appointed in Barasat and Bongaon municipalities, and the vice-chairperson of North Barrackpore, while the top brass of Tamluk and Egra municipalities were asked to step down.

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