Trinamool's Big "Cleansing" Drive To Rebuild Image Ahead of Panchayat Polls
NDTV
The campaign comes when Trinamool has lost its national party status and its leaders are battling corruption allegations both in and outside courts.
Dogged by charges of corruption, the Trinamool has launched one of its biggest "cleansing" drives since its inception and a massive mass outreach campaign to rebuild its image ahead of the panchayat polls this year and Lok Sabha polls next year.
The exercise comes when it has lost its national party status and its leaders are battling allegations of graft both in and outside courts.
Senior leaders like former minister Partha Chatterjee, two other MLAs, and Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal were arrested in connection with cases of school jobs scam and cattle smuggling since last year.
After conducting a few internal surveys, including one by political consultancy group I-PAC, to assess the functioning and conduct of its elected representatives and leaders at all levels of village council elections, the Trinamool recently launched a campaign where the party would choose candidates based on the feedback of people through a secret ballot system.
