Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday removed Subal Bhowmik from the post of President of the party’s Tripura state committee.
Bhowmik, a former Congress MLA, joined the TMC in July last year.
He was appointed as the TMC state President after party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 29 announced a 132-member full-fledged state committee in the BJP-ruled Tripura.
According to sources, Bhowmik, who was earlier in the BJP, is again likely to re-join the saffron party as he has a good rapport with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha.
In a statement on Wednesday, the TMC said that Bhowmik is being relieved from his duties as state President of Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress with immediate effect.
All other members of the State Committee, State Youth Committee, State Mahila Committee, State SC Cell and State ST Cell shall continue in their positions as-is.
TMC’s Tripura state in-charge and former West Bengal Minister Rajib Banerjee and party’s Rajya Sabha Member Sushmita Dev shall look after the functioning of the party till a new state president is appointed.
Enewstime Desk adds: Subal Bhowmik has worked with all the Parties in Tripura except CPM and the regional parties like Tipra Motha and IPFT. Bhowmik, dubbed as a political traveller, switched over to Trinamool Congress before joining BJP when the latter was building its organization prior to 2018 Assembly polls.
After BJP came into power in 2018, Bhowmik started thinking differently and before the Lok Sabha Polls, he switched over to Congress and contested in LS Polls as a Congress candidate – he was, as expected defeated without making a mark.
Later, when I-pack Team working for the Trinamool Congress made news in 2021 after the Bengal Assembly polls. Bhowmik, again changed his political colour and re-joined Trinamool which he left years ago for BJP. Bhowmik was made state president by the Bengal-based Trinamool leadership sidelining veteran leaders like Ashok Sinha. However, Trinamool Congress had a humiliating defeat in the Assembly by-polls in 4 constituencies in June, 2022.
As the speculation of Bhowmik rejoining BJP intensified, only a couple of days ago, TMC MP Sushmita Dev while replying to media queries said that she had no idea about Bhowmik’s joining another party and that Bhowmik was at the helm of TMC affairs in the State.
Barely, 48 hours passed after her statement, Trinamool Congress removed Bhowmik from the post of the State president – the reason for such a step is yet unknown.