Malda Trinamul calls requisition meeting

Statesman News Service

MALDA,(India) Jan. 2. — The Malda Trinamul Congress leaders are planning to call a requisition meeting at the English Bazaar municipality, barely two weeks after calling a no-confidence motion against the present CPI-M-backed Independent chairman. The Trinamul Congress district president, Mr KN Choudhury, said today that all 13 anti-Left councillors of the EBM are ready to dislodge the present chairman of the civic body, Mr Nihar Ranjan Ghosh from power. “If the chairman does not call the meeting to prove his majority within the stipulated time from the date of no confidence motion called, we will call a requisition meeting soon”, Mr KN Choudhury said. Following the directions from the district Trinamul leaders, its factional group leader is lined-up in the race to prove that they can easily dislodge the present chairman backed by the LF before the assembly elections. Though it was learnt that the present chairman would call the meeting on 7 January, sources today informed that the chairman may also not call the meeting on time in order to delay the effect of a no-confidence motion move based on the Municipality Act. Party sources said: “Owing to internal squabbling with his colleagues, the chairman is not interested calling the meeting at the moment. He is consulting his close associates and some senior CPI-M party leaders to take judicious steps”.