Statesman News Service
MALDA, Feb 27: The Trinamul Congress has decided to practice the theory of detached attachment with the Congress. And in keeping with the philosophy, the party has asked its office bearers in Congress run civic boards to step down from their posts but not to withdraw support.
Commensurate to the policy again, the Malda district Trinamul Congress president Mr Dulal Sarkar would step down from the vice chairman's post in English Bazaar Municipality (EBM) tomorrow. The instruction, according to him, has come from party chief Miss Mamata Banerjee.
“Miss Banerjee has directed Trinamul supporters against holding office in any Congress led civic board. The instruction is to be executed before the Lok Sabha polls, which is why I would resign tomorrow,” Mr Sarkar said. According to him again, Trinamul members holding office in gram panchayats along with the Congress would step down in the next phase of the exercise.
“Miss Banerjee said that the party was being criticised for holding posts in Congress run civic boards and panchayats. We need to keep safe distance from the Congress but not withdraw support as the CPI-M would then seize the opportunity and dissolve the anti-Left boards,” Mr Sarkar added.
Not sitting idle, the Congress led EBM board has initiated the process to select a substitute for the vice chairman's post, which would fall vacant after the Trinamul man resigns tomorrow.
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