India, Sept. 15 -- Differences between Anubrata Mondal and Kajal Sheikh, the two heavyweight leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bengal's Birbhum district, surfaced on Monday at a meeting convened by the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at his Kolkata office, people aware of the matter said.

"Banerjee called members of the TMC Birbhum core committee, including the MLAs and MPs, to his office at Camac Street to discuss strategies for the 2026 assembly polls. During the discussions, Mondal got into an argument with Sheikh, who is widely seen as his arch rival," a party leader said.

Banerjee intervened and underlined that all differences must be set aside in the interest of the party.

Mondal did not comment on t...