Trinamul steps up tempo

TT, Siliguri, Oct. 27: The Trinamul Congress has decided to increase organisational activities in the Darjeeling hills by forming committees at different levels and a cultural wing .

The party will also send a delegation to New Delhi to seek a special financial package from the Centre for the hills. Trinamul’s move to cement its organisational strength in the hills has come on the heels of the first political meeting attended by Mamata Banerjee in Darjeeling on Thursday.

The decisions on the increased organisational activities was taken at a meeting attended by Trinamul general secretary Mukul Roy, minister Gautam Deb and a number of party leaders from the hills at Sukna yesterday.

“We are not going to stop our activities in the hills after the meeting attended by the chief minister last week. The party will hold more meetings in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong shortly and form committees from the booth to the block level. Trinamul will also create a separate wing to organise cultural events through which the party can communicate well with people,” said Binny Sharma, the spokesperson of Trinamul’s hill unit.

He said the date for the Trinamul delegation’s Delhi visit would be finalised after Diwali. “Trinamul MPs will also sit on a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to demand the central package for the hills,” said Sharma.