Diamond Harbour MP and nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee, has been appointed TMC’s all India general secretary, informed party leader Partha Chatterjee at press meet on Saturday. The young TMC leader was elevated to a position of greater responsibility at the party’s first organisational meeting since the resounding Assembly election victory last month. Abhishek will be replacing Subrata Bakshi as the national general secretary. Our party chief Mamata Banerjee has nominated MP Abhishek Banerjee as the all India general secretary of the TMC,” Chatterjee said, following two crucial meetings earlier in the day.
Partha Chatterjee, also announced other appointments to party posts. Trinamool leader Kunal Ghosh has been appointed as the party's state general secretary, while Abhishek's earlier post, that of the president of the Trinamool Youth Congress, went to TMC leader and actor Saayoni Ghosh. Chatterjee also said that the working committee has decided that one person will be allowed to hold just one post in the party, and the core committee has duly given its approval. He added that no discussion was held on turncoats, who had quit the TMC to join the BJP ahead of the assembly polls, and were now willing to return to the party fold. Abhishek was picked as the MP for Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency after it fell vacant following party MP Somen Mitra’s resignation due to differences with the party leadership. Abhishek won the seat at the age of 26 in 2014 joining the list of youngest parliamentarians.