A day after Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee was attacked, a meeting of the party’s newly elected legislators failed to take off as only 20 of the 80 MLAs turned up at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence. The absence of nearly three-fourths of the legislators raised eyebrows. However, the TMC was quick to dismiss concerns, saying several MLAs were busy organising ground protests against the authorities over alleged political violence and therefore could not attend the meeting.
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