New Delhi, June 24 -- Facing a wave of defection and internal dissent after its electoral defeat, the Trinamool Congress is reworking its organizational strategy with party leaders indicating that key decisions will increasingly be handled directly by the party leadership rather than external consultants. According to senior party leaders, the TMC has also decided to move cautiously on organisational appointments as it seeks to stabilise its ranks amid continuing exits of senior leaders. A senior TMC leader said the party has decided "not to outsource its organizational works". He said party chief Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee "would meet people daily" at Kalighat, Banerjee's residential office, and at the party office. Both decisions assume significance as the party was heavily dependent on I-PAC since the run-up to the 2021 assembly polls in West Bengal. While I-PAC initially managed TMC's poll preparations, party insiders said in the last few years, the agency was involved in key organization-related decisions. TMC's association with I-PAC suffered a blow with ED raids at the agency's offices in Kolkata and criticism from some senior leaders. TMC's Lok Sabha chief whip Kalyan Banerjee said, "I-PAC hijacked our organisation and created rifts within the party."...