India, July 5 -- Election Commission scrutiny and factional revolt threaten Trinamool Congress's organisational control.

In the aftermath of the Trinamool Congress's crushing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee is confronting a serious internal challenge that threatens her hold over the party. A fierce power struggle between rival factions has now reached the Election Commission of India, with the party's compliance with its own constitution emerging as the central issue.

Sources within the party told The Sunday Guardian that the All India Trinamool Congress has not held its mandatory organisational elections since 2022, despite its constitution requiring such elections every three years. As a result, when an i...