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Abhishek Banerjee will once again be the All India Secretary General of the party.Kolkata: The nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, A

All speculations concerning her ‘rift’ with nephew Abhishek Banerjee were put to rest on Friday when Mamata reappointed him as party’s national general secretary.

Many saw the reshuffle as reflecting reports of friction between Ms Banerjee and her nephew, who is effectively the party's second in command. But it has also been seen as a move by the Chief Minister to ward off a potential civil war just as she is poised to solidify her national ambitions.

The Mamata Banerjee-helmed Trinamool Congress is going through internal turmoil in Bengal for the past several days. This Sunday, the TMC supremo and Bengal chief minister called an emergency meeting with the senior leadership and reconstituted the national working committee of the party.

Kumar, who left Congress ahead of the assembly election in Punjab, the state he represented in Rajya Sabha twice, claimed that the party is going to lose in the February 20 polls.

The irresistible offer of Rajya Sabha seat is the leading cause of exodus from the Congress, say sources as leaders are eying the upper house berth from other parties and the recent resignation of former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has set up a ...

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Ashwani Kumar sent his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi this morning, saying he can best serve national causes outside the party fold.

Kumar leaves in the midst of assembly polls in five states and ahead of the February 20 election in Punjab

This came weeks after former Union minister RPN Singh left the party and joined the BJP.